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A 3.4
The devil loves me
New York : Popular Library, [1966]

[Within thick black frame:] [device (a): white silhouette of tree in black oval surrounded by POPULAR ·LIBRARY· ] A CRIME CLUB SELECTION [device (b): the letters  C R I M E arranged like a person pointing a gun + small trademark symbol] | [within thick black frame (top line of lower frame being the bottom line of the upper frame:] THE DEVIL | LOVES ME [end of frame] | By MARGARET MILLAR | POPULAR LIBRARY • NEW YORK

Collation: 72 leaves ; [1–4] 5–144

Contents: p. [1]: half title MURDER WAS | A MEMBER | OF THE WEDDING | JANE was too young, too beautiful and | too innocent to believe someone was try- | ing to kill her ... | DINAH stumbled on the chilling truth | but could not speak ... | PRYE was clever, but could he solve the | horrifying puzzle before it was too late? | For, as they were soon to know, an un- | invited member of the wedding party was | a man named DEATH! ; p. [2]: These exciting | CRIME CLUB® | mysteries are available now, or will be | coming to you in | POPULAR LIBRARY EDITIONS | during the coming months | under | an exclusive arrangement | with | Doubleday & Company, Inc. | [rule: 4,6 cm] | • Never Turn Your Back by Margaret Scherf | • Deadly Contact by Amber Dean | • The Diplomat and the Gold Piano by Margaret Scherf | • The Frazer Acquittal by Stephen Ransome | • The Last Straw by Doris Miles Disney | • The Grudge by Bert and Dolores Hitchens | • Road Block by Hillary Waugh | • Dark Road by Doris Miles Disney | • Death Is in the Garden by Melba Marlett | • Stairway to an Empty Room by Dolores Hitchens | • The Widower by Van Siller | • Death Walks on Cat Feet by D.B. Olson ; p. [3]: title page ; p. [4]: copyright page All POPULAR LIBRARY books are carefully selected | by the POPULAR LIBRARY Editorial Board and rep- | resent titles by the world’s greatest authors. | POPULAR LIBRARY EDITION | Copyright, 1942, by Doubleday & Company, Inc. | Published by arrangement with Doubleday & Company, | Inc. | Dedication: | To my sister, | Dorothy | PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | All Rights Reserved ; pp. 5–144: text.

Typography: 9p Times (15,3 x 8,8 cm), 49 lines per page

Paper and binding: Adhesive binding, softcover ; 17,5 x 10,6 x 1,1 cm ; all edges trimmed and colored in blue. — Front cover: Against blue background, picture of skull with headdress of leaves and bridal veil ; within two frames (same as title page, but slightly enlarged and frame gold-colored: [white] [device (a)] A CRIME CLUB SELECTION [device (b)] | THE DEVIL | LOVES ME [end of frame] | By MARGARET MILLAR | [to the right of it] 50c | 50-435 | [new line] A bride, a groom and a wedding feast | —where murder played the tune. Spine: [white on black] 50c | 50-435 vertically, top to bottom THE DEVIL LOVES ME [gold] Margaret Millar [white] POPULAR | Library. Back cover: upper half (white background): [red] UNTIL DEATH DO US PART... | [black] Dr. Prye: | I have arranged a little surprise for | you. Knowing how interested you are in mur- | ders I have decided to give you one on your | own doorstep, as it were. Don’t be too flat- | tered. I intended to do it anyway. But the | setting is too good to miss. I have always | been intrigued by the funersal aspect of wed- | dings and the hymeneal aspect of funerals. It | is high time someone combined the two. I am | leaving this note in your friend’s pocket in | place of the ring, not because you can stop | the murder, but merely to assure you that I am | perfectly serious. | (unsigned) | [gold-colored] A CRIME CLUB® SELECTION. Lower half, black background: [white] Published by exclusive | arrangement with | Doubleday & Company, Inc. | [gold-colored rule: 3,5 cm] | [white] GUARANTEE—If this book | does not give you full | reading satisfaction, mail | it back to Popular Libary, | Inc., 355 Lexington Ave- | nue, New York 17, N. Y., | to receive a complete re- | fund of your money. | [gold-colored rule: 3,5 cm] | [white] POPULAR LIBRARY [device (a)]; to the right of the complete left side of the lower half: gold-colored [device] (b).

Notes: Copy examined: own
Publication date according to LoC record

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