first edition Softcover
(1949, c.1936) · New York
by Storm, Elliot (pseud. for Davis Dresser, aka "Brett Halliday")
New York: Select Publications, Inc. (A Red Circle Book) (7). Good. (1949, c.1936). 1st printing thus. Softcover. [worn copy, considerable edgewear, slight spine roll, some diagonal creasing in front cover, previous owner's stamp on inside front cover, another (different) name in pencil on title page, which also has an old inked price]. Mass Market PB "What terrible demon possessed Neysa Bancroft that she must offer her full red lips so willingly to any man who sought their sweet, evil secret? -- How could such evil lurk behind such wide, innocent eyes? How could such shameless passion seethe in a creature so delicate, so lovely?" It's a puzzlement, all right. . (Inventory #: 25469)