Russell (Anita) Delia Romney.
£125
London, Columbine Publishing Company Ltd, 1939
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket 5/- overprice although original price of 3/6 is still visible on the spine.
From the publisher’s blurb: ‘Delia Romney was born to sin and she elected to make that the way of her life. She murdered without remorse. She sold herself without hesitation or contrition.’
A typically risqué and sensationalist story from a small publishing house well known for both its racy plot lines and lurid dust-jackets.
In stock
VG/VG-. Boards have areas of fading including one to top of spine, ownership inscription on front pastedown otherwise clean contents. Undated. The fabulously lurid wrapper has a triangular piece of loss to top of spine and other minor wear but otherwise complete. 5/- overprice although original price of 3/6 is still visible on the spine.
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First edition, inscribed by the author on the frontispiece.
London. Lincoln Williams, 1935
According to the Bear Alley blog the book is listed in the English Catalogue of Books as having appeared in February 1935 and it was listed under the pen-name "Trill". The publisher Lincoln Williams went into administration in July 1935 so the book probably wasn’t reprinted. Trill was a pen name for Harry C. Liebart according to Hubin. Very scarce in a jacket.
