THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18 (with signed note).
Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-14] 1-302 [303: Crime Club promo] [304: blank], original black cloth, front and spine stamped in red. First edition. The author's first mystery. Short half page typed note signed by Eberhart replying to the request for information on this title (dated May 15, 1945) laid in. The first to feature Nurse Sarah Keate. Filmed in 1938 with Patric Knowles and Ann Sheridan. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone volume. [Reference: Hubin, p. 258]. A nearly fine copy in a bright, fine dust jacket with the slightest bit of fade to the spine panel, small closed tears to the upper rear panel and upper rear spine fold. A very attractive copy. (33928). Item #33928
Price: $2,500.00