The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck, Alexander Laing. First Edition.

The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck, Alexander Laing    First edition, first printing of Laing's neo-Gothic mash-up of horror, crime and science fiction. With a fantastic frontispiece by Lynd Ward and in a third printing dust jacket also illustrated by Ward.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in white, third printing dust jacket; pp. viii, 376. In very good condition with minor wear and rubbing to boards, internally quite clean. The uncommon dust jacket is price-clipped, showing light shelfwear and rubbing with a closed tear to front panel. Protected in archival mylar.