The Morgue is Always Open

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Dorothy Payne— / in memory of one of the rare bright spots in a couple of dark weeks in May, 1944 / Best wishes and many thanks—always / Jerome Odlum."

Basis for the 1943 film "A Scream in the Dark," although the film was released before the novel's publication the following year.

Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine lightly toned. Jacket has a couple of small bruises on the front panel fore-edge, with moderate rubbing along the spine panel, and small chips at the corners.

[Book #157057]