London: Macmillan London Limited, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A bibliomystery by one of the 20th century's master craftsmen and critics of the Mystery, who believed the genre could and should be more than entertainment. A social commentary and sexual comedy as well as a bibliomystery rife with references to Edgar Allan Poe, features Englishman Dudley Potter teaching literature at an American university where he falls in love with a young girl named Annabel Lee. For three months the pair live an idyll of love and sex, then the girl disappears. Obsessed, Dudley learns she has gone to England and follows her. With echoes of Poe everywhere, Dudley's search leads to a murdered man, an extraordinary house on the Yorkshire coast, and a strange telephone call that seems to be from Annabel Lee before the mystery is solved, in a bit of Symons' sleight of hand, back in New York. Text edges slightly soiled, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows only a bit of creasing along the upper edge of the front panel, no tears, no chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004628
Title: THE NAME OF ANNABEL LEE
Author: Symons, Julian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
ISBN 10: 0333351711
ISBN 13: 9780333351710
Publisher: Macmillan London Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1983
Keywords: BIBLIOMYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, MYSTERY, SUSPENSE, EDGAR ALLAN POE,
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery; England; Bibliomystery;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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