Title - The Glass Triangle

Authors - George Harmon Coxe / Pages – 240

Publishing – The book was copyrighted by the author in 1940 and first published as a hardcover book. The first paperback edition was published by Dell in 1945 as Dell Mapback No. 81. As was customary with early Dell paperbacks the copyright page of this book only shows the original 1940 copyright date and does not include the 1945 first printing publication date of the Dell paperback book.

From the second front end page – “Things this Mystery is– A Bulging Brief-Case… A brown-and-white plaid Coat… A dark green Homburg… a pair of Horn-rimmed Glasses… A bloodstained Sheet… The Winder of a wrist watch… A Wire from Hollywood… A Triangle of glass…”

Chapter titles are – One-Punch Bowl ; Opening Night ; Behind the Closed Door ; Confession and Alibi ; Wire from Hollywood ; A Disappearing Corpse ; Ties by Sulka ; Lt. Bacon on the Job ; Jack and Ernie ; A Good-Looking Watch ; At the Club Larue ; The Smell of Death ; A Search for a Coat ; Hotel Inquiry ; Promise to Julia ; Another Closet Door ; Slightly Crazy ; A Nice Night for Blondes ; Miss Gloria Dawn ; Methods and Motives ; Situation Well in Hand ; Eye Trouble ; Ready for the Papers.

Condition - The book is clean, complete and tightly bound. The cover has moderate edge wear and numerous visible stress crease lines but no deep creases. Along with edge wear the spine edge is rolled forward. The last page of the book has a small lower corner chip. There are no torn, missing, loose creased or marked pages. Pages are toned but supple. The book is in good condition.