THE VIRGIN KILLS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXXXII [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [3-8] [1-2] 3-270 [271: blank] [272: colophon] [273-276: blank], publisher's tan cloth stamped in brown and purple, top edge stained brown. First edition. This is the author's last crime novel. Set on the East Coast and involving murders around a regatta on the Hudson River. This was an original novel with no prior magazine appearance. [Reference: Hubin, p. 86]. Previous owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper, a clean, tight very good or better copy in about very good dust jacket (no printed price, but not clipped) with some wear and fraying with shallow loss along top and bottom edges. From the library of a well-known mystery writer with his library stamp on the front paste-down. (34029). Item #34029
Price: $3,250.00