Selwyn Jepson MAN DEAD First U.S. edition and 12 similar items

MAN DEAD By Selwyn Jepson Garden City, New York: Doubleday Company, Inc. Published for The Crime Club, 1951. First U.S. edition, first printing. "First edition" statement to the copyright page, 1951 date printed to the title page. A mystery involving the murder of a Prime minister, the blackmail of his politically aligned mistress, a cover-up, and another stalking killer. Jepson, a prolific mystery author of KEEP MURDER QUIET and bountiful screenplay writer is most well-remembered for his novel MAN RUNNING that was adapted to the Hitchcock film 'Stage Fright'. A presentable collectible in dust jacket. Uniform age-toning to the inner hinge area of the front end-papers as usual, a touch of rubbing to the shelf-edges and cover borders, else sturdy, quite tight and very good in blue linen boards with cream-blue titles and The Crime Club's shooting man insignia to the spine, deckle page fore-edges; in a very good dust jacket with chips to the upper and lower spine ends, some very short shelf-edge tears and fading to the borders of the rear panel; original printed $2.50 price still intact to the front inner flap. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!