NET OF COBWEBS by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. New York: Simon and Schuster, An Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1945. First edition, first printing. 1945 date printed to the title page. A crime mystery featuring Captain Rutgers, by the hard-boiled mystery and suspense author that Raymond Chandler highly touted, and whose novel THE BLANK WALL was adapted to the 1949 film 'The Reckless Moment' and again in 2001 as 'The Deep End'. Scarce in hardcover. Light age-toning to the end-papers as usual, a line of small cream stain dots and a faint glass-ring to the front cover, mild soils to the rear cover, lower spine end chipped, else firm, sound and good in black linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine, deckle page fore-edges; lacking a dust jacket. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!