THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY. Helen McCloy, Random House, New York, 1950.
 
Fiction - Mystery & Detective
Vintage from the 1950s
 
Gisela von Hohenems joins the teaching staff of an exclusive girls' school in upstate New York, where she befriends fellow newcomer Faustina Coyle. But a climate of fear surrounds Faustina, and after several strange incidents that defy rational explanation, she is forced to resign.
 
Gisela asks her fiancé, detective-psychologist Dr Basil Willing, to investigate in this highly acclaimed horror-mystery with shades of M. R. James.
 
Brown hardcover. Rubbed cover with a shifted spine and clean pages. About 7-3/4 x 5-1/2 with 238 pages.