First edition. 294pp. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Text block edges just starting to tan. Free endpapers starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. Evokes the manners and atmosphere of the early 'thirties as Charlotte's widower begins to dig up her staggering secrets.