first edition
1953 · Boston
by QUEEN, Ellery
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1953. First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's review slip laid-in. Octavo (19.5cm); gray boards titled in red on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 239pp. Spine ends pushed, else Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00) with minor rubbing/nicks, mostly to spine ends; Near Fine.
"Beginning with a night rendezvous in the park and a punch in the jaw from Irate Husband, Ellery finds himself hot on the trail of an unknown Casanova...suspected lover, home wrecker, and likely target for a .45." (from the dustjacket); HUBIN, p.335. (Inventory #: 53570)
"Beginning with a night rendezvous in the park and a punch in the jaw from Irate Husband, Ellery finds himself hot on the trail of an unknown Casanova...suspected lover, home wrecker, and likely target for a .45." (from the dustjacket); HUBIN, p.335. (Inventory #: 53570)