Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Published for The Crime Club, 1954.
First edition, first printing.
"First edition" statement to the copyright page, 1954 date printed to the title page, $2.75 to the jacket's flap.
The fifth, excellent semi-hard-boiled mystery featuring private detective partners Luke Speare and Schy Cole.
By the prolific author, pulp writer, quality story writer for Dime Detective, and creator of super heroes including Bill Brent, and the Moon Man series A presentable vintage collectible in dust jacket.
Pages starting to tan as usual, else square, tight and very nearly fine in smoke-gray linen textured boards with yellow titles and The Crime Club's shooting man insignia to the spine; in a very good plus John R.
Stone smoking guns illustrated dust jacket with some short creased shelf-edge tears, a touch of fading to the spine panel, and creased rubs to the upper and lower spine edges.
The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve after scanning for this entry.