THE THIRD EYE: Popular Library #15

N.Y.: Popular Library, 1944. First printing. Vintage Paperback, Popular Library #15. Cover illustration by Lawrence H. Hoffman. Spine crease, minor damp stain at lower spine , light edgewear, else a near fine tight copy of this war time printing. White's most famous book, "The Wheel Spins," was the basis for Alfred Hitchock's thriller "The Lady Vanishes." Caroline Watts has accepted a post as games mistress at the prestigious Abbey School in the west of England. She is delighted with the appointment: it's an excellent private girls' school. No matter that she was introduced to the post through a tenuous network of family contacts. And that the previous games mistress was found dead in bed from heart failure. From the moment she arrives at the school, Caroline is beset by fear. But of what? How could a school, owned by two influential ladies and run by the formidable Mrs Nash, threaten harm to a new teacher, eager to start her first job? Rumour has it that her predecessor died of fright ... All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Very Good-Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Hoffman, Lawrence H.. Vintage Paperback.