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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1946]. 8vo. 217, [1] pp. Light gray-blue publisher’s cloth (uniform light interior toning from Wartime paper, slight offsetting on covers from sunning through d.j. cover art), w/ d.j. (couple minor closed tears, light creasing, edgewear), still VG/VG copy. First edition of this duo’s first work under their pseudonym, a hard-boiled Seth Colman psychological mystery/thriller set on the Hudson River.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1946]. First edition. A very good copy, some light edge rubbing, offsetting to end papers, text pages age darkened in a very good dust jacket, some rubbing to edges and folds, small chips to upper right front corner, upper left front corner, some light foxing. Uncommon. (10310). Octavo, illustration by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., boards. The authors first book and first mystery novel. Hard boiled.