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Boards are faded and slightly mottled, apparently offsetting from the binding process, lightly toned textblock; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has light edgeware and a slight loss at corners; lese intact. Chase's second novel with the original, terribly politically incorrect, title and text. Negative racial stereotyping typical of the period. Chase was an Englisman who wrote in the American Hard-Boiled style, best known for NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH. Features Dave Fenner. Solid copy. Twelve Chinks and a Woman
Chase, James Hadley
New York: Howell Soskins, 1941. Boards are faded and slightly mottled, apparently offsetting from the binding process, lightly toned textblock; else clean, square and unmarked... more
Price: $375.00
Light textblock toning else clean flawless copy. Jacket has some toning, slight loss on spine ends and top edge of rear panel and several chips on rear flap; else clean and intact. Very nice copy of highly sought after edition, reportedly Hemingway's persona favorite. The Sun Also Rises
Hemingway, Ernest
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Light textblock toning else clean flawless copy. Jacket has some toning, slight loss on spine ends and top edge of.. more
Price: $195.00
Scbriber's Seal and "A" on copyright page. Very mild textblock toning, small ink stamp to RFE; else a extremely nice copy--boards clean and bright, binding square and tight, textlbock fresh. Jacket has mild edgewear, several small closed tears with creasing; else clean and intact, $2.00 price on front flap. A Philo Vance novel, concerns the disappearance of Kaspar Kenting, ne'er do well playboy who disappears from his Upper East Side residence. Very pleasing copy of this Golden Age mystery. The Kidnap Murder Case
Van Dine, S. S.
New York: Scribner's (Scribners), 1936. Scbriber's Seal and "A" on copyright page. Very mild textblock toning, small ink stamp to RFE; else a extremely nice.. more
Price: $295.00
Wear, but no fraying on boards, mildly toned; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has wear at head of spine, old style jacket protector tape residue on flaps, notched corners; else clean and intact. Solid copy of the fourth MIke Hammer. The Big Kill
Spillane, Mickey
New York: Dutton, 1951. Wear, but no fraying on boards, mildly toned; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has wear at head of spine,.. more
Price: $375.00

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