Mystery Set in New Mexico
The Far Cry
Publication: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1951. First Edition.
Notes: A stand-alone noir mystery about a man who moves to Taos, New Mexico, and becomes obsessed with solving a cold-case murder of a young woman.
In Dutton's Guilt Edged Mystery series. 222 pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (stated). A very good or better copy in a very good dust jacket with chipping and tears at the spine ends and folds.
Provenance: From the collection of James Strand, with his letterpress estate bookplate on the front pastedown, mounted below a prior owner's name, L. Gillespie", written in pencil.
Item No: #366014
Price: $150
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