Lane, John D.
 
il Cerchio si Stringe [The Big Trap] (Vintage Italian Paperback)
 
Rome, Italy: E. P. I. [Editoriale Periodici Italiani], 1967. I Supergialli dell'Orrore (The Super Yellows of Obsession) Vol. VI No. 92, August, L. 200 cover price. 12mo softcover digest paperback, 128pp, perfect-bound. Italian-translation of Lane's presumably racy exploitation crime novel "The Big Trap," loosely translated as "The Circle Tightens" (author or English translation of "The Big Trap" unseen), with great uncredited pinup cover art. Ads for other Ennio Mancini mask-market paperback lines, "Le Grandi Peccatrici" (The Great Sinners), "Agente Segreto" (Secret Agent), and the questionable "KKK i classici dell'Orrore" (Horror Classics), and catalog list of this series 34 prior titles. Nearly all of publisher's lines feature similar, impacting covers. Very Good; lean, slight roll, rubbing and foxing, sticker shadows, tiny bruise to the front. Scarce.