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Frederick C. Davis : Thursday's BLADE

Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1947

12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. BG3 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has 1.5" open tear on the back bottom right corner, wrinkling, chipping, crease, tears and small open tears on the edges, corners and some sides, scattered light scratches, rubbing scuffing, and few stains, corners of the flaps trimmed, tanning, and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, marked out info on the front fixed endpaper, label adhered on the back free endpaper, light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. A Crime Club Book. 7.5"x5.25", 250 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. AFTER an absence of three years Cy Hatch has returned to New York - just in time to find a man awaiting execution on Thursday, and sudden death striking one after another of the people who might clear the doomed man. Apparently someone with an uncomfortable mania for opening people's throats owned a set of expensive razors, one for each day of the week. The razor with "Monday" stamped on the blade was used to slit Ellis's throat. With his last breath Ellis gave Cy Hatch a puzzling clue, but before the detective could run it down the razor stamped "Tuesday" had already been used. And the next day the razor marked "Wednesday" had found the throat of another person who might have straightened out the whole situation. With a man in the death house and three victims already paying with their lives to keep evidence from coming to light, Cy knew that only fast action and accurate guessing could save another victim from Thursday's Blade!. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

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