first edition Hardcover
1936 · New York
by AHEARN, Danny
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in an attractive, near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. Novel of a beautiful fundraiser, set loose among the "philandering philanthropists" by a former gangster and ex-con. Some of Ahearn's stories, both fiction and non-fiction, were used by Hollywood as the basis for the films *Bulldog Edition* (1936) and *Escape from Crime* (1942). He was also the author of the classic *How to Commit a Murder.*. (Inventory #: 322552)