Poison is a Bitter Brew
New York: The Crime Club - Doubleday & Co., 1942. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Minus / Very Good. Item #016545
8vo., 301pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, published as "Miss Milverton" in the UK a year earlier. Bound in red cloth with titles and Crime Club logo in black on spine and front board. Square, tight and clean throughout save some off-setting to end-papers though no toning or foxing to pages. Mild bumping to spine ends and some rubbing to bottom edge. Unfaded red top-stain. Still well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00) has a small chip to the crown and one at the heel. Moderate edge-wear with a couple of miniscule closed edge-tears. Still fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. (Hubin, p.201).
Price: $195.00