THE CURSE OF DOONE. New York: The Mystery League, Inc., Publishers, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-315 [316-318: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original decorated black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green. First U.S. edition. A German spy impersonates a vampire. "THE CURSE OF DOONE is typical Horler, which is to say it is inspired nonsense ... This and Horler's other novels are high camp by today's standards. THE CURSE OF DOONE is just one of several that can be considered, for their hilarious prose, pomposity, and absurd plots, as classics of their type." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 380-81. Hubin (1994), p. 413. Slight spine lean, a nearly fine copy in about very good pictorial dust jacket with wear at upper spine end and corner tips, some shallow chipping with internal tape mend at lower spine end, and dust soiling, largely to rear panel. (#77265).
Price: $100.00
First edition so stated on copyright page.