Edgar Winner
Gideon's Fire
Publication: New York: Harper and Brothers, 1961. First US edition.
Notes: The seventh George Gideon novel, a long-running series of Scotland Yard police procedurals. This one won the Edgar Award for best mystery in 1962.
Edition + Condition: First US edition (stated). A fine, tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear to the white rear panel. A Harper Suspense bookmark listing this title is laid in.
This copy comes from the collection of James Strand, a noted Lovecraft collector. He probably bought this new when it came out—he was a fan of mystery novels in the early 1960s. With his estate bookplate on the front pastedown.
Item No: #366039
Price: $150