The Grinning Gismo (Also released as: Holiday in Hell.) (Bound with Keith Vining--Too Hot for Hell.) by Taylor, Samuel W. (Cover by Norman Saunders; Bound with Keith Vining: Holiday in Hell.)

New York: A. A. Wyn, 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. 255 pages. Small bump to lower edge in middle of book. Rubbing to corners. Dust jacket with chipping, soiling. Record # 510675

New York: A. A. Wyn, 1951. Gently bumped and rubbed, pages tanned with the previous owner's name stamped on the front free end paper. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, foxing to the rear panel and flaps, in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: A.A. Wyn, Inc, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 255pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Black boards, with title stamped in red on spine. Spine is rolled, and extremities are mildly rubbed. In a price clipped dust jacket with light soiling and creasing, and a few small losses to edges - particularly at spine ends. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Samuel W. Taylor was the grandson of the third president of the LDS church, John Taylor. He attended Brigham Young University, and was the editor of the student newspaper. His writing resulted in six temporary suspensions, and he ultimately dropped out and followed his future wife to her native California, where the couple settled. Taylor primarily wrote LDS history and biography, but several of his fiction works were adapted into films, including "The Man With My Face" and "The Absent Minded Professor.

New York: A.A. Wyn, Inc., 1951., 1951. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light professional restoration to spine ends and extremities. The day before Hank Oates is to leave for a two week vacation, he finds a letter on his desk from an old army buddy, Jim Daniels, postmarked San Francisco only two days ago. The problem is, Jim has been dead for over three months! Interesting dust jacket!