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SANDERS, Daphne (pseudonym of CRAIG, Georgianna Ann Randolp...

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SANDERS, Daphne (pseudonym of CRAIG, Georgianna Ann Randolph, a. k. a. RICE, Craig). To Catch a Thief. New York: The Dial Press, [1943]. 8vo. 288 pp. Publisher?s dark gray cloth, front board and spine stamped in blue, publisher?s unclipped (?$2.00?) dust jacket (book is recased with later endleaves, text with some occasional soiling; jacket with tape residue on flaps and verso, jacket spine sunned, some rubbing, minor soiling). Near fine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS UNCOMMON STORY OF A ?ROBIN HOOD? VIGILANTE THIEF, WHO BECOMES EMBROILED IN A MURDER MYSTERY. This title is not to be confused with the novel of the same name by David Dodge (1952), which is the basis of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film (1955). Sanders (as Craig Rice) was a prolific mystery writer. Measurements: 9 x 7 x 1?.