Ready To Ship Having Wonderful Crime, Craig Rice, Simon & Schuster, First Edition, 1943, Hc, Vg. Collection [gFCMefbz]

Rice, Craig. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943.

English, First Edition, Very Good, 12mo, 8 1/4" x 5 1/4", [2] 314 pp.

Black cloth over board, stamped gilt lettering to spine, cocking to spine, light internal soiling, some age-toning to edges, otherwise, clean, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Good pictorial dust jacket, featuring color illustration to front panel, blue, white, and red lettering to front panel, back panel, and interior flaps, yellow and white lettering to spine, some chipping and tears to top edge, tips, head, and tail, sunning to front panel, back panel, and spine, shelf wear to back panel, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar-sleeve. [2] 314 pp. Includes 35 chapters. From inside dust jacket: "From the opening chapter, when Helene rescues the disconsolate bridegroom buying lilies in the hotel flower shop, to Malone's final triumph over the entire New York police force, this book is a typical Craig Rice field day--which is about all the description most readers want."