That Gay Nineties Murder

New York: The Crime Club - Doubleday & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo., 278pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition of this scarce, very early Crime Club title; only the fourth to be published by Doubleday for the series. Bound in purple cloth with titles in yellow on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save a small bookseller sticker on the rear paste-down. A touch of wear and softness to the spine ends else a remarkably well-preserved Fine copy. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has moderate edge-wear and a couple of small chips o the crown. A couple of tiny closed edge-tears. Light soiling to rear panel. Spine toning. Still bright and solid and quite scarce in any condition. A gorgeous collectable copy and almost impossible to find in any condition.