The Great Game

New York: The Crime Club - Doubleday & Co, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo., 307pp. Sharp Stated First Edition of this Crime Club Selection of the Month for February of 1939 that was sent to subscribers. Bound in black cloth with lettering in black surrounded by yellow backgrounds. Crime Club logo in yellow on front board. Square and tight with moderate wear to spine ends, edges and tips. Spine a touch dulled. Some light scattered spotting to cloth. Off-setting to end-papers and paste-downs. Beautiful unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has a touch of edge-wear but is remarkably fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A very pretty collectable copy. (Hulse, Doubleday's Crime Club The Golden Age, p. 94).