1. The Kissed Corpse [TEXAS MYSTERY]. New York: Carlyle House, 1939.
First Edition. Politzer dustjacket art. Extremely scarce mystery novel by Davis Dresser writing under a pen name. The second Jerry Burke mystery. Former Texas Ranger investigates a murder that leads him from El Paso to Juarez. 'The death maze draws together an American oil tycoon, a high official of the State Department, and two of the most unusual women ever involved in deliberate, cold blooded, murder'. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, centimeter sized chip at top spine end, inch closed tear at top front panel. Item #35419