(Modern Literature : Tough-Guy Stuff) 8 Vols. Hard Boiled American authors: Hammett, Dashiell. The Big Knockover. New York: Random House, (1966). First edition, first printing. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine+ copy. * - -. The Continental Op. New York: Random House, (1974). First edition. 8vo, original boards, dust jacket. Near Fine+ copy. * MacDonald, John D. The Girl the Gold Watch and Everything. London: Robert Hale, (1973). First edition thus. Small 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (price clipped). Tight, bright copy of the first "hard cover" edition. * Woolrich, Cornell [alternate name Irish, William]. I Wouldn't be in Your Shoes. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1943. First edition, first printing. 12mo, original blue cloth; light edge wear, bottom edge of front cover slightly sunned, dust jacket (upper left corner of back panel torn away - some loss of printing, chipping at spine panel ends - just touching lettering, other minor edge wear and chipping to edges, a few small creases). Internally clean. * The Best of William Irish. Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1944) [but 1960]. First edition. 8vo, original boards, dust jacket (light edge wear). Near Fine- copy. * _ _. Nightmare. New York: Dodd, Mead, (1956). First edition. 8vo, original boards; moderate edge wear, cello tape residue, dust jakcet (some chipping and creasing to edges, losses at corners - negligible losses to lettering or design elements). Some spotting to endpapers, red ink ownership on front free endpaper. * Violence. New York: Dodd, Mead, (1958). First edition. 8vo, original boards; minor wear, dust jacket (price clipped, small cello tape repairs on verso of dust jacket). Bright copy.* Hotel Room. New York: Random House, (1958). First edition, first printing. 12mo, original cloth; minor wear, dust jacket (minor edge wear). Near Fine copy. * The 10 Faces of Cornell Woolrich. New York: Simon Schuster, (1965). First edition, first printing. 12mo, original cloth; minor wear, dust jacket (a little darkening and minor creasing and small chipping to edges). Very Good+/Near Fine- copy.