The Corpse Died Twice (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frost, Barbara, The Corpse Died Twice, Coward McCann, NY, 1951, first edition / first printing, on the edge of the text is stamped Sample room copy, this book came from a movie studio which used this stamp. otherwise very good in a very good dust jacket.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDBACK - Dust jacket missing. Boards in good condition. Pages clean and in good condition inside. Ships same or next business day.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good-Very Good. Good-Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Covers lightly faded, edge wear, else very good in dust jacket, chipped at head & foot, moderate wear at edges, rubbed. INSCRIBED COPY. Coney Island setting. The 2nd Attorney Marka de Lancey title. Possibly the earliest female lawyer in detective fiction to have a series. Expert Jon Breen has said in his book NOVEL VERDICTS, " I included Frost's third novel, INNOCENT BYSTANDER, noting that Marka de Lancey was 'ahead of her fictional times as an independent female professional.' There may well be earlier women lawyers in crime fiction, but I don't know of any." "Though suffering from a severe hangover, Jerome Carrigan doesn't feel he deserves the obituary published in a New York City newspaper. He calls upon Marka de Lancey, attorney at law, to investigate it and also asks her to check on an insurance policy he is considering purchasing. She doesn't have time for the latter since Carrigan is found dead in a Turkish bath at Coney Island under suspicious circumstances. This is de Lancey's second murder investigation with Lieut. Jeff McCrae of Manhattan Homicide." -- William F. Deeck, From The MYSTERY FANcier, Vol. 13, No. 3, Summer 1992. Inscribed Copy. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Foxing to the endpapers else fine in a very good plus dustwrapper with some overall light wear. Inscribed by the author: "To Doris, with my very best, Barbara!" Artist hired to do a publicity campaign for Coney Island ends up dead. Signed.…