PLAYING HAPPY FAMILIES by Julian Symons New York: Mysterious Press, (1995). First American edition; first printing. "First U.S. printing January 1995" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page. Detective Superintendent Hilary Catchpole is featured in this mystery with twists and turns, as members of a family are shown in interesting character developments. Fine, crisp and tight in textured gray over purple boards with metallic-purple embossed titles to the spine, purple-and-white headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket with front cover art by John Martinez; original $19.95 printed price still intact to the front inner flap. NO remainder mark. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!