GOLDSMITH, Martin M. Double Jeopardy. New York: Macaulay Company, (1938).

First Edition. Sargent dustjacket art. Goldsmith's first mystery, predating his most recognized work, Detour, by one year. A hard-boiled mystery novel of the "calamities that can be visited upon any ordinary citizen by the cold dispassionate judgment of our courts and our unimaginative and often stupid juries. Through the eyes of the victim, Peter Thatcher, this tense revelation unfolds, growing to ugly and utterly ridiculous proportions". Near Fine but for a large contemporary bookplate at front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and wear to spine ends and corners, half-dollar sized stain at front mid-panel.

Price: $1,250.00