Traitor's Purse

UK precedes. Heinemann, London published in February 1941 (Margery Allingham Society); the Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran first American edition followed the same year. Both are collected — the Heinemann as the true first, the Crime Club as the first American. CENSUS NOTE CORRECTED: Wikipedia and sources derived from it state the US edition appeared as 'The Sabotage Murder Mystery'. That is wrong for the hardcover. The Library of Congress records the 1941 Doubleday, Doran / Crime Club hardcover under the title Traitor's Purse (LCCN 41003900), and an ABAA dealer's first American edition is likewise titled Traitor's Purse. 'The Sabotage Murder Mystery' is the 1943 New Avon Library paperback retitle (LCCN 44008412, 280 pages, 17 cm) — a 'first thus' trap, not a first edition in any market.