Title
Wives to burn
Subject
Card games
Playing cards
Fire
Fires
Hands
Houses
flames
Description
Orange, Green
A woman's hand holds a playing card (Queen of Spades) into a flame.
On front cover: Complete with crime map on back cover.
Map of India, including portion of Afghanistan, Tibet, the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Ceylon. Other featured cites include Punjab, Delhi, Bombay, Mysore, Madras Presidency, Podichery, Coromandel Coast, and Mouths of Ganges. Inset is a three dimensional schematic of a house, with rooms labeled: attic, 2nd floor, Lucy Steel, Fred Oaks, Bill Gabriel, Office, and Gwendolyn small.
Yellow background with black text.
Eyeball in keyhole on front and back covers and spine.
Creator
not identified
Blochman, Lawrence Goldtree, 1900-
Publisher
Special Collections, University Libraries
State University of New York at Buffalo
Dell
Date
1940
Contributor
Kelley, George, 1949-
Rights
Type
Book covers
Cover (Illustrations)
Mystery fiction
Crime fiction
Image
Still Image
Identifier
3
ECW2418
Alternative Title
Appointment in India
Date Created
8/24/2005
Date Modified
8/24/2005
Is Part Of
LIB001
Pulp Fiction Cover Art
Dell Mystery (134)
Collection
Citation
not identified and Blochman, Lawrence Goldtree, 1900-, “Wives to burn,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 26, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/29371.