Death Of A Nurse.
signed
1994 · New York
by McBain, Ed.
New York: Armchair Detective Library, 1994. One of 26 copies for presentation. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth stamped in gilt on the cover and spine with matching slipcase. Illustration of the author on paper mounted onto the front cover. Signed by the author on the colophon page. 184 pp. Originally published in 1955 as MURDER IN THE NAVY under the pseudonym Richard Marsten. This yarn is spun around the murder of a nurse aboard the U.S. Naval destroyer SYKES. McBain provides a nostalagic introduction to this edition in which he explains his motives for writing the book, his writing style at that time, and how it influenced his later works. (Inventory #: 7515)