Madame Will Not Dine Tonight
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947.
First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with light wear to spine ends, light foxing and toning to pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price of $2.50 rubber-stamped to front flap; light chipping at crown and top corners, faint toning to spine.
Waugh's uncommon first book, which he wrote while still serving in the Army. A pioneering mystery novelist, Waugh is most celebrated for revamping the police-procedural novel, essentially redefining the sub-genera. He was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
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