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MAKE HASTE TO LIVE.

Gordon, Mildred and Gordon writing as "The Gordons."

Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first mystery novel. Woman's abusive gangster husband returns after prison for revenge. Made into a film noir in 1954 with Dorothy McGuire and Stephen McNally. [Reference: Hubin, p. 337]. Text block age darkened, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and corner tips, sunning to spine panel. Uncommon. (36208). Item #36208

Price: $250.00