PATRICK, Q. [Patrick Quentin]

Death and the Maiden

£45.00

1 in stock

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Year: 1939

Edition: First

Format: Hardback

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SKU 19869 Category Crime

Description

Description

The true first edition of this Golden Age Detective mystery, preceding the 1944 Books Inc edition. Bears comparison with the similarly themed (and also excellent) Ira Levin novel ‘A Kiss before Dying’.

A Fair / reading copy only. Jacket is pasted to the book covers and sections of the jacket have flaked off. Library stamps to endpapers and generally well worn.