Death of an Assassin
Publication: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960. First US edition.
Notes: An Inspector West mystery set in Milan about a dwarf assassin who poses as a child. Titled A Prince for Inspector West in the UK.
223 pages.
Edition + Condition: First American edition (first printing with an "A" code on the copyright page). A fine, tight copy in a near fine dust jacket with a couple of short tears and minor loss to the edges and a bit of tanning on the spine.
From the collection of James Strand, with his posthumous estate bookplate. Strand, best known for his Lovecraft collection, bought mysteries like this one new in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Item No: #366018
Price: $75