First edition hardback stating First Printing 1933 on verso title page , no dustjacket , orange boards with black titles to spine and front , boards are bright and clean , few dots of fade to front and back panels , no inscriptions , no spine lean , no tears to pages , corners are sharp , 2 have minor wear, spine tips are pushed and minor wear , usual page toning with age and offsetting to endpapers , no foxing , very nice copy , a scarce crime fiction title listed in Hubin , not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent bubble-wrapped and in a strong box . We are a full time Independent bookseller established in 1999