Mystery Thriller A. Merritt Seven Footprints to Satan 1928 1st US VG

 

First US edition with 1928 on title page. First printing with Boni emblem on copyright page. Publisher New York Boni & Liveright, 1928. Octavio 5.25" x 7.5" [viii] 9-310. Original light brown cloth board with red lettering to front cover & spine. Front cover has red & gilt decorations. No dust jacket. 

Book Condition: Very Good Spine ends are rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Binding is beginning to crack but otherwise tight. Text is clean.

Jim and his fiancée Eve, a young society couple, are kidnapped on the eve of Jim's departure for Africa and brought to a mansion that is home to a strange and glamorous cult with a hooded leader called "Satan." Jim is put through a number of strange adventures in the old house and tries to maintain his courage.