12mo. Pp. 282. Green cloth, titles stamped in dark green on the cover and spine, top edge dyed green: bookplate, endpaper adhesive age toned, leaves sparsely foxed. In the two color illustrated dust jacket: edges rubbed, mellowed crease along fore edge, spine ends and back panel chipped. First published by Fiction League in 1932, this Walter Black edition is an early reprint. Murder mystery with "a chain of beautiful young adventuresses and a group of the worst criminals in Gotham" in the jacket blurb. The dust jacket illustration by RH shows an attractive young swell wearing a cape in front of a skyscraper backdrop.Filmed in 1932 with three players from the 1931 Dracula including Bela Lugosi. See HUBIN, p. 361. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve. . Seller Inventory # 5964
Title: The Death Kiss
Publisher: Walter J. Black, Inc, New York
Publication Date: 1932
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Illustrator: RH
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
Edition: Early Reprint.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: very good(-). Prseumed first edition. Hardcover red octavo. 282 pages, 20 cm. No dust jacket. Detective and mystery stories. Heavy sunning to spine. Moderate damp stain to covers. Very mild rubbing and bumping to corners of boards. Mild rubbing to head of spine. Else pages clean and binding tight. About very good(-) overall. Binding tight; pages clean. Seller Inventory # 89785
Book Description First edition. Mystery featuring Inspector Fisk and Sidney Traherne. "Author of" page preceding the title page lists 7 titles but only this title and THE PERFUMED DEATH were ever published in book form; the rest appeared in various 1930s magazines. 8vo orange-red cloth lettered stamped in black on front and spine, top edge orange-red. Near fine in bright dust jacket with chip at head of spine dipping into first word in title but otherwise very good to near fine. Quite scarce, especially so in dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 71565