Darling, This Is Death
New York: Dial Press, 1945. Edgard Cirlin. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 219. Bound in red cloth with black printing stamped on spine, revealing lettering in negative. In the price-clipped dust jacket that shows just a trifle edge-wear. Fine / Very Good+. Item #5734
The impressive dust jacket illustration by Edgard Cirlin depicts a skull at the base of a thermometer that's filling with blood: an exemplar from the golden age of crime fiction. HUBIN, p. 74. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $275.00
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