NMLP P-040481 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

The Beast Must Die

Nicholas Blake (Cecil Day-Lewis) · Collins, The Crime Club (London) · 1938

No title-specific book-club issue is documented in the sources consulted for either the Collins or the Harper. General tells for a US mystery of this period still apply to the Harper: a blindstamp impressed on the rear board near the spine, a "Book Club Edition" notation on the jacket flap, or a jacket lacking a price.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-040481 for "The Beast Must Die" by Nicholas Blake (Cecil Day-Lewis) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-040481, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).