MERRITT, A. — Seven Footprints to Satan

New York, NY: Avon Books, 1955. Paperback. Mass Market PB. 2nd Avon printing. This is a mass market paperback book. Avon book number T-208, with a price of .35 cents. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some very light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean, but there is some lightish generalized toning throughout. "His fiction, eight complete novels and a number of short stories, was only a sideline to his journalism career. One of the best-paid journalists of his era, Merritt made $25,000 per year by 1919, and at the end of his life was earning $100,000 yearly—exceptional sums for the period. His financial success allowed him to pursue world travel—he invested in real estate in Jamaica and Ecuador—and exotic hobbies, like cultivating orchids and plants linked to witchcraft and magic (monkshood, wolfbane, blue datura, peyote, and cannabis). He was described as a hypochondriac who talked endlessly about his medical symptoms, and showed eccentric behavior like a need to try out any food, tobacco and medicine he found on his coworkers desks. Occasionally he would dress in a kilt and play serenades for his coworkers with some of his huge collection of instruments he kept in a locked closet at work. He was well liked for his fairness and inability to fire any employees." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .