The Mardi Gras Murders
- New York: The Mystery League, 1932
New York: The Mystery League, 1932. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19,5cm); black cloth covered boards titled in green on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 268pp. Spine ends gently pushed; Near Fine. The dustjacket shows chipping and tears to the extremities; rear flap is nearly detatched; shallow loss at crown of spine; Good+.
"For years all New Orleans had speculated at the whispered reports of abandoned reverlry held at Mardi Gras time by the secret society dedicated to Dis, Greek god of Inferno...no member of the order had ever been seen without the satanic mask and sinister robe of black and scarlet...Murder struck silently..." (from the dustjacket); HUBIN, p.49.
"For years all New Orleans had speculated at the whispered reports of abandoned reverlry held at Mardi Gras time by the secret society dedicated to Dis, Greek god of Inferno...no member of the order had ever been seen without the satanic mask and sinister robe of black and scarlet...Murder struck silently..." (from the dustjacket); HUBIN, p.49.