Author: HEBERDEN, M.V. [MARY VIOLET]
Title: ENGAGED TO MURDER
Description: Doubleday Crime Club, 1949. 1949, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Hardback, small 8vo, appx 5 1/2 x 8 inches, 224 pages, Good in Good dj (dj in new protective mylar). Ex-lending library remaining fairly nice. DJ had been protected in mylar and has suffered essentially no wear. DJ printed in black and magenta with 3/4ths of the magenta on the spine faded to white, including loss of author's name. DJ trimmed a little close at bottom edge ("A Crime Club Book" runs off the page just a bit on front panel as well as on spine). Book itself: tape remants to both boards and tape ghosts to both free endpapers. Text has yellowed a bit. Binding sound with hinges intact. Crime Club coded as a Fast Action mystery. Good/Good.

Keywords: Fiction Mystery Mysteries Modern Firsts First Editions