Murder a la Stroganoff

New York: The Crime Club - Doubleday & Co, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 274pp. Sharp Stated First Edition of this uncommon Crime Club title, a Sequel to "Murder in the Ballet". Bound in black cloth with titles and decoration in green on spine and Crime Club logo on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout save some mild off-setting to gutters and rear paste-down. No interior toning or foxing. A touch of softness to spine ends and a few spots to the cloth but still well preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has some tubbing to edges hinges. 1' closed edge-tear on the rear top edge. Light soiling to rear panel. Still bright and fresh and scarce in any condition. A very pretty collectable copy. (Hulse, Doubleday's Crime Club The Golden Age, p. 61 & 93).