Description
Inscribed by the author to Otto Penzler, first printing of A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin.
Octavo, [iv], 244pp. Green cloth, title stamped in black on spine. Stated “first printing” on the copyright page. Light toning to endpapers, faint toning to text block. In the publisher’s price clipped dust jacket, bright illustrations, a fine example. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: “To Carolyn + Otto, Thanks for a lovely party, Ira Levin.”
This work was the author’s first book. It won the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. From The Otto Penzler Collection.
