New York: Crime Club Doubleday, Doran, 1931

8vo, pp. 317. Original black boards, lettered in red to front panel and spine. Crime Club device in red to front panel and spine. Illustrated red and white endpapers. Top edge orange, leading edge uncut. Illustrated dust jacket. Edges and spine ends lightly bumped, but a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a little edgewear.

First edition of the author's first book, introducing Detective Peter Shane, who would lead the investigation in all eight of Walz/Bonnamy's crime novels.

A near fine copy.

HUBIN, p. 41