The Chocolate Cobweb
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition in unclipped jacket, with foxing visible on the light-colored flaps and rear panel. Bumping to head of spine. Foxing to edges. Pronounced foxing to margins of a handful of interior pages (see photo) and final pages. iv, 220pp. A mystery-thriller from the prolific author, later adapted as a French film in 2000. From the front flap: "The great success of The Unsuspected by Charlotte, Armstrong, in serial, books, movie, and pocket book, has made the publication of her next noel an event eagerly awaited. The Chocolate Cobweb is it. The story concerns two young people in trouble, and the suspense mounts as they watch a certain inimical person moving closer and closer to murder -- and in the path of it sit, enmeshed,, Amanda and Thone. The Chocolate Cobweb will get you." Very Good / Very Good. Item #2025-R249
Price: $300.00