First edition, first impression. Presentation copy of the author's second novel, inscribed "For my mother, with gratitude and love, Richard Sale, Sept. 1937" on the title page. Uncommon, with only ten institutional copies traced world-wide, and especially rare on the market in this condition, the first US edition, published the following year, being much frequently encountered. In the 1940s made a successful career change from writing pulp fiction novels to Hollywood screenplays.
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