MURDER IN ANY LANGUAGE; A Jeff and Haila Troy Mystery

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1950. 1st printing, May 1950. Dell Mapback #398, cover by Louis S. Glanzman. Vintage Paperback. Reading crease, spine edge rubbed, a couple of cover creases else about fine, tight copy. Rear Map of lower Manhattan. 192 pages "What this Mystery is about...MURDER and other strange extracurricular activities in a very ritzy language school...Twenty Spanish Lessons won in a raffle...A Knife protruding from the chest of a handsome instructor...A Bachelor's closet containing Negligees and Stockings in a wide range of sizes... An authentic threatening LETTER which is apparently a part of a grim hoax...Two sets of HAIRPINS that don't match-but should...A pitch black locker the contents of which come startingly to life...An expensive diamond and emerald PIN which appears mysteriouly upon the bosom of a puzzled woman...A Snapshot that becomes interesting only after it is torn...A Bandaged Foot that belies a $20 story...$5,000 which strangely ceases to be counted among the bare needs of a blonde's life...A busy MURDERER who seems to have more knives than enough...A hotel room occupied for ten days without a single FINGERPRINT being left by the occupant. " All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Glanzman, Louis S.. Vintage Paperback.