The Billion Dollar Body

by Joseph Shallit

Hammond, Hammond & Co., 1952 [First Edition], hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, dust-jacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, chips, small tears and creases to edges and corners (see photographs)

"Dan Morrison felt peaceful and reasonably contented as he taught a class of Philadelphia's police and detectives some of the neater tricks of mayhem and hand-to-hand combat.  His ambition was to have enough money to start a gym of his own one day, and when wealthy Frederic Gilham wanted to hire him (at double salary) as a bodyguard and compulsory escort to his unruly and reckless daughter Marjorie, Dan thought his ambition was nearer realisation even though his peace of mind was likely to be at an end, for the time being."