New York: Coward-McCann, [1941]., 1941. First edition. First edition. 0riginally published serially in Red Star Mystery magazine under the titles GHOST OF THE UNDEAD and DEATH OUT OF THIN AIR. A pseudonym of Clayton Rawson and the first appearance using this pseudonym. These two pulp novelettes feature a magician-sleuth called Don Diavolo and the titles are DEATH FROM THE PAST and DEATH FROM THE UNSEEN. In the story DEATH FROM THE PAST, Diavolo must solve a murder of a frightened female medium, committed in his own backstage dressing room, apparently by a vampire conjured up during a seance. In DEATH FROM THE UNSEEN, an inventor claims to have invented an invisibility machine. A few weeks later an invisible man murders a detective at police headquarters and then challenges Diavolo to find him. If you are unfamiliar with Don Diavolo, he is an illusionist who gets involved in crimes only a magician could commit. The stories are thoroughly entertaining and readable. Fine, tight copy in a bright, un-faded dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends, corners and extremities.

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Bookseller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 50432
Title: DEATH OUT OF THIN AIR.
Author: TOWNE, STUART
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Coward-McCann, [1941].
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1941

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