Uncommon first edition book: The Footprints on the Ceiling by Clayton Rawson. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.25, 256 pages. Book condition: VG/G, with wear and creasing to the jacket. A desirable example of this locked-room mystery novel featuring The Great Merlini, a stage magician and Rawson's favorite protagonist.