Xantippe Edith Meiser (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A sponsor is murdered in a radio studio during a broadcast. An ingenious detective story and satire of old-time radio. Basis for the 1938 movie "Danger on the Air" starring Nan Grey and Donald Woods. Bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the edges, spine a bit sunned. Small, faint drip marks to the boards and upper edge of the text block. Bright jacket with a crease up the center of the spine, three short closed tears to the lower edge, in Brodart.…

First Edition stated. 'A ruthless satire of radio. Many prominent radio figures, thinly disguised, move through the pages of the book. With the carefully calculated murder, in the studio, of an important sponsor, during the broadcast of his company's hour. The author has long been prominently and closely associated with radio, both as a writer and producer. She was the originator and is the present author of the Sherlock Holmes' hour'. Basis for the 1938 Universal Pictures film starring Nan Grey and Donald Woods titled Danger on the Air. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping and wear at edges.…