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Lot 221
Sale 2037 - Summer Reading
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Jun 25, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 16, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
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$286
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Lot Description
[LITERATURE - HARDBOILED DETECTIVE FICTION]. A group of 18 FIRST EDITION works, comprising:
1) BROWNE, Howard. The Taste of Ashes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957.
2) BROWNE, Howard. The Paper Gun. Belen, NM: Denis McMilan Publications, 1985. LIMITED EDITION, number 8 of 350 copies. SIGNED BY HOWARD BROWNE, ALLEN BROWNE, AND DENIS MCMILAN.
3) CRUMLEY, James. The Wrong Case. New York: Random House, 1975.
4) CRUMLEY, James. The Last Good Kiss. New York: Random House, 1978. SIGNED BY CRUMLEY.
5) GARDNER, Erle Stanley. The D.A. Draws a Circle. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939.
6) MCDONALD, Ross. The Chill. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.
7) SPILLANE, Mickey. Kiss Me, Deadly. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952.
8) SPILLANE, Mickey. The Girl Hunters. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1962.
9) SPILLANE, Mickey. The Snake. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1964.
10) SPILLANE, Mickey. The Body Lovers. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1967.
11) SPILLANE, Mickey. Survival Zero. New York: Dutton, 1970.
12) SPILLANE, Mickey. Tomorrow I Die. New York: The Mysterious Press, 1984.
13) SPILLANE, Mickey. The Killing Man. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
14) SPILLANE, Mickey. Black Alley. New York: Dutton, 1996. SIGNED BY SPILLANE.
15) WESTLAKE, Donald E. The Mercenaries. New York: Random House, 1960.
17) WESTLAKE, Donald E. The Mercenaries. London: Boardman, 1961.
18) WESTLAKE, Donald E. God Save the Mark. New York: Random House, 1967. INSCRIBED BY WESTLAKE TO MICHAEL HARGRAVES, "In gratitude and delight."
Together, 18 works in 18 volumes, all in original cloth and dust jackets, all 8vo, condition generally fine.
This lot is located in Chicago.