Octavo. Sky blue boards eighthbound in a black backstrip with shiny silver

Octavo. Sky blue boards eighthbound in a black backstrip with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. Book has a very faint bump at the head of the spine and light sunning along the upper and lower edges of the boards has turned their upper and lower extremities a cream color. Cream colored endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Cream colored pages ar eall clean and crisp. 211 pages. Dust Jacket-has just a trace of rubbing at the tips of the outside corners and faint evidence of handling, mostly on the rear cover. "Into his life comes a breath-takingly lovely girl-and her older sister, a woman whose face is always hidden behind a black veil. He encounters a man who claims to be the Devil, a pair of cunning old ladies-cunning in every sense of the word-a brawny psychopath who likes heights, but hates cats, and various other intriguing individuals."