The first Detective "Satan" Hall novel

Carroll John Daly

The Mystery of the Smoking Gun

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. Very Good. Item #13960

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's crimson cloth, front cover and spine lettered and ruled in black; vi,[2],312pp. A hint of shelf wear, spine a bit sunned and creased, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy, albeit lacking the rare jacket.

Earliest hard boiled mystery novel to feature Daly's recurring hotblooded sleuth Detective "Satan" Hall.

Price: $150.00