Ward locke n.d copy write page states first published 1930 but from internal evidence circa 1932(the box from japan listed in prelims )red boards with black titles in scarce dustjacket The horror! A rare book dealer has been murdered! Simon Grundt, formerly of the Lincoln School for the Feeble Minded, is on the case. Harry Stephen Keeler (1890-1967) was a little-known but prolific writer and novelist whose short stories and novels have been labelled mystery and science-fiction but insistently evade the constraints of a single genre. The absurdity and intricacy of his plots, and his undying interest in the occult, disguise Keeler\'s critical examinations of racism and capitalism in society. small ownership stamp to free end paper small loss to head of dustjacket in very good condition