Mystery On The Bayou

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

Publication: D Appleton-Century Company, Inc, 1943, New York

First edition. 8vo. Black cloth, 237 pp., illustrated by Thomas McGowan. A young boy visits his uncle in the bayou region of Louisiana. Upon arrival he finds his uncle lying unconscious from a blow to the head by an unknown assailant. Also money.is missing from the safe, his store has been burned, and one of the local undesirables has been found dead. A fast-paced murder mystery. Fine bright copy in a bright fresh dust jacket with a tiny chip from the foot of spine and front bottom corner. An exceptional copy.