New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1941]. First U.S. edition. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with some color fade to the spine panel. A lovely copy. Uncommon in jacket. (31351). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 9-319 [320: blank]. original brick red cloth, spine stamped in pale orange, fore edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. A noir thriller filmed in 1946 as The Spiral Staircase, directed by Robert Siodmak.