The Phantom Canoe

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. L3 - A first edition (Published July 1935 stated with same date) hardcover book in good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, tears and open tears on the edges, corners and sides, open tear with scraping and tears on the back, scattered scratches, rubbing, scuffing, stains, and wrinkling, tanning, and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and light edgewear, wrinkling on the spine edges, scattered foxing and stains on the page edges and some on the endpapers, tanning, and light 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. 7.75"x5", 291 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. As its mildest Lac L'Outre was not a sociable community. After the murder of Seth Grindley every stranger was under suspicion. Alan Laramie, returning from five months of prospecting, found himself promptly charged with murder on his arrival at the settlement. Even to himself his story sounded thin. But when talk of lynching is in the air it is dangerous to wait for long investigation. Just one person believed in his innocence, and that one, a girl. This is a story of flight through the wilderness, followed every mile by man-hunters, a story of the Canadian Northwest even more exciting than the author's "Challenge of the North" and "resurrection River." If you like red-blooded romance, you will greatly enjoy this book.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.