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Death on a Dude Ranch by Francis Bonnamy.
Octavo, 273pp. Green hardcover, title stamped on spine. This early edition follows the first edition, published in 1937 by Doubleday, Doran & Company. Top edge dyed green. Business card with “Sherlock Holmes” illustration attached to front pastedown endpaper. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, light soiling to covers, vibrant illustrations by Walter Frame.
Francis Bonnamy was the pseudonym of American author Audrey Boyers Walz (1906-1983). Her primary character was detective Peter Utley Shane, who appeared in eight novels from 1931-1951.