THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL.
Edition: Probable first edition.
New York: The Century Co., (1927.). Hardcover first edition - The last of Seaman's mysteries to be published by Century. Mystery involving an antebellum mansion known as Pettigrew's Folly near the South Carolina coast - and a broken sundial, treasure buried to hide it from Sherman's raiders, and a hurricane. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Manning de Vere Lee (illustrator not identified on title page, but the plates are signed.) 224 pp.
Condition: Good overall in aqua cloth with black and yellow illustrated front cover - frontispiece has been tipped in, loss of a crescent-shaped piece of cloth at bottom of spine, front board is slightly bent, but clean contents. A decent copy of a hard-to-find book.