The devils passport. by YOUNG, Gordon - [1942].

Triangle Books, 1942. hardback. Very good condition in a very good dust jacket with moderate wear (pages have some browning).

New York: Triangle Books, 1942. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 0x0x0. Jacket stained with tears along spine head and spine base. Stain, spine slightly cocked. 1942 Hard Cover. 300 pp. "Somewhere in the foul depths of the Paris underworld was the headquarters of La Tete de Mort, mysterious chief of an international gang whose tentacles reached across the Atlantic, into the high banking circles of Wall Street, into the diplomatic offices of Washington. Those who disobeyed the commands of this sinister gang leader always died. So dreaed was he that even his name was never spoken above a whisper. Washington called in steely, suave Don Everhard to track down the unknown gangster. And Don, to whom danger was like a stimulating cocktail, set out after this relentless enemy of society--a quest from which no other representative of law and order had ever returned alive.

New York/ Chicago: A.L. Burt, 1933. early reprint . hard. Very Good+. With ads. Inked name FEP, else clean. Most attractive! Small title pg drawing. very good+, no dj, black-stamped bright red cloth. Tight, solid 300+ pgs

New York: Triangle Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth in a pictorial dust jacket. Ownership signature of Gilbert G. Smith to the free endpaper. Tanning to the pages. The dust jacket is corner clipped at the front flap, and faded at the spine. Shallow chipping to the heel of the spine, and a closed tear to the rear cover. A Don Everhard gangster novel set in Paris.; 300 pages .

New York: The Century Co.1933. Hardcover. First edition, stated First Printing Presentation copy, apparently to the book's editor, inscribed and signed and dated in the year of issue by the author as follows "Dear Mr. Proctor --- / You must [underscore] share with me whatever / credit or blame is attached to this story --- not / merely because you bought it, but [underscore] because you / wouldn't buy it until much [underscore] revision gave it / the present shape. Whatever its faults, it / lacks a thousand 'twould have had otherwise. / Sincerely, Gordon Young / February 14, 1933.". Textured red cloth with black lettering/decoration, top edge stained red as issued, light blue endpapers, 300 pages. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 437]. Good to Very Good copy with spine ends and fore-edge corners bumped, contents tight and clean, as usual, lacking the very scarce jacket. An uncommon first edition, rarely found signed. LR2/2E