Hardcover, with mylar-protected dust jacket. 247 pgs. 1947. Stated first edition. Light edge wear, some toning to endpapers, no internal markings. Dust jacket has corner and edge wear, chipping to crown of spine, rear flap almost detached. Free U.S. shipping.

Angels are Painted Fair is a 1947 hardboiled mystery novel, the third book in Paul Whelton's popular pulp fiction series featuring Garry Dean, a hard-drinking, cigar-chomping newspaperman from Belle City.The story follows Dean as he defies his city editor's orders to stop investigating the murder of Martin Reutler, delving into the gritty, violent underbelly of the city to crack the case himself.