See You at the Morgue
signed first edition
1941 · New York
by BLOCHMAN, LAWRENCE G
New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1941. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from Lawrence G. Blochman. Inscribed by the author: “For Betty [Bryner], Because she has hair just like the Phantom Secretary’s! From her old friend [not a phantom] the author, Lawrence G. Blochman.” Near fine copy with a hint of edge wear in a very good lightly used dust jacket with some shallow pieces at the top and bottom edges of the spine, a few small tears, and some minor spotting. The front panel of the dust jacket is a surreal illustration of a phone receiver and New York license plate in the foreground, a suitcase with two small silhouette figures of men next to it just beyond, an open doorway in the background, and a key hanging from the ‘e’ in “Morgue” of the title. (Inventory #: 15445E)