Darling, This Is Death by Chambers, Dana - 1946

Lawrence E. Spivak. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Fiction, Mystery, Thriller) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak/ Jonathan Press/ American Mercury. Very Good. Softcover. Jonathan Press Mystery No. J43. First Thus. No print date given, copyright is 1945, print date assumed to be 1949 or so since J48 was printed in 1950. No previous owner marks. Text is clean. Spine slightly slanted. Minor to moderate wear to edges of covers, minor soiling to covers. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages .

Kingston, New York: Handi-Books / Quinn Publishing Co., 1946. An unusually nice copy. Clean, tight, and unmarked. No store stamp or owner's name. Spine is square, with no creases. No chips. No tears. Appears unread. Bright, shiny, colorful cover art (not credited) features an oversize skeleton arm gripping a struggling woman. From a Note to the Reader: "The cover design and illustrations were drawn exclusively for this edition." Abridged mystery by the author of THE BLONDE DIED FIRST and THE LAST SECRET. Recently discharged from the Merchant Maine, Ashley Rawdon becomes entangled in a vicious scheme of espionage and murder that reaches from frozen New England to the sands of Miami, Florida. Handi-Book Mystery #51. Cover price is 15 cents. According to Hubin, Dana Chambers is a pen name for Albert Leffingwell (1895-1946). This edition cited in Holroyd p. 303 [PAPERBACK CHECKLIST, THE COMPLETE GUIDE] and Hancer/Reginald p. 175 [HANCER'S PAPERBACK BOOKS, THIRD EDITION]. .… Read More

Handi-Books. Kingston, NY: Quinn Publishing Co. , 1946 . 51 , very good -fine, reading crease, , paperback,

New York: Dial Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Edgard Cirlin. 8vo. Pp. 219. Bound in red cloth with black printing stamped on spine, revealing lettering in negative. In the price-clipped dust jacket that shows just a trifle edge-wear. The impressive dust jacket illustration by Edgard Cirlin depicts a skull at the base of a thermometer that's filling with blood: an exemplar from the golden age of crime fiction. HUBIN, p. 74. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

New York: The Dial Press, 1945. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition. [iv], 219 pp. Original red cloth, spine stamped in black. Very Good+ with lightl foxing to edges and endpapers, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with foxing and a little toning. The tenth novel by Albert Leffingwell under the Dana Chambers pseudonym.