Collectible - Acceptable First Edition Signed With Dust Jacket

INSCRIBED TO THE AUTHOR! New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. 275pp. Inscribed to the author "For Davis Grubb - // With best wishes // and hopes that he will // forgive my tardiness in // presenting this book; I // am excessively absent-minded // about most things and // this is no exception. // Fondly, // Herb * // 5 February 1962." on front endpage. Herb's last name appears to be "Fressan", but unsure. Fair book and dust jacket. The cover is soiled and mildew stained. The endpapers are also lightly soiled with an ink stamp to the front pastedown. The dust jacket is shelf and edgeworn with a few tears. The jacket is also stamped. In the sleepy Appalachian town of Adena, West Virginia, a simmering undercurrent of secrets and suspicions erupts into chaos when young Cole Blake is found murdered. Sheriff Luther Alt, the stoic "Watchman" of the town, takes on the investigation, vowing to find the killer and restore order. (suspicion, paranoia, moral ambuguity, psychological suspense, social-commentary, Adena, West Virginia) Inquire if you need further information.