The Birthday

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. BH1 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and few tiny tears on the edges, corners and some sides, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dent, light cover edgewear, some scattered rubbing, scufing and chipping on the cover, some scattered light foxing, light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. A Crime Club Special. 8.5"x5.75", 179 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. On the eve of his twenty-first birthday, Dave Casswell was rudely awakened to the fact that he might not live to celebrate it. Vacationing at a summer lodge with his mother and her fiancé, Dave suddenly found himself the focal point of a series of "accidents" - any one of which might prevent his coming of legal age, and assuming management of the family fortune. The day-and-a-half before his birthday marked a real change for Dave - from a youth of ordered, protected existence, to a manhood where malice and menace must be combatted with courage and ingenuity.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.