Boris Karloff TV Source
The Beckoning Dream
Publication: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1955. First Edition.
Notes: The author's second book, a novel of murder and blackmail. Filmed as Worse Than Murder, the third episode of Boris Karloff's Thriller TV show. Uncommon in hardcover; it was retitled in paperback with the TV title.
The Red Badge Mystery for August 1955.
212 pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printing). A fine, tight copy in a near fine dust jacket, with some scuffing to the back panel.
This copy comes from the collection of James Strand, best known for his collection of H. P. Lovecraft. In the 1950s, he bought new mysteries, including this one, which was marked down in pencil to $1.40. With his posthumous estate bookplate on the front pastedown.
Item No: #366021
Price: $350