London: The Bodley Head, 1987. First Edition. 169pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Boards are clean, free of marks or inscriptions, gild lettering on spine bright and clear. Toning throughout and faint foxing on text block. Unclipped wrapper is bright and absent rips or tears; there is a small crease on inside of the back wrapper panel. SIGNED by the author along with Rankin’s iconic tic-tac-toe doodle.

First Edition of the author's first Inspector Rebus mystery; an increasingly difficult book of the genre to find and a wonderful addition to any collection of modern detective fiction.