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Recent Crime Fiction Acquisitions and a Modern Library
A couple of recent acquisitions to add to my growing collection of
crime fiction: From a reliable internet dealer first editions of two books by William P. McGivern, Heaven Ran Last (his 2nd book) Dodd, Mead & Co., 1949, NF/NF and The Darkest Hour, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1955, VG+/VG. Both at very reasonable prices. I'm still on the lookout for the ever elusive first edition of The Big Heat by the same author. Also via the internet a 1st american edition of The Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly by John Franklin Bardin, PB, 1967. I've been looking for the true first of this book for a few years now, published in London by Gollancz in 1948, to no avail. Acquiring this would complete my collection of Bardin's noir trilogy, of which the first two books are The Deadly Percheron and The Last of Philip Banter. I have both of these first editions in DJ (the american editions are the true firsts for these, both published by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1946 and 1947 respectively) From a used bookstore in Soho, NYC in the bargain bin for $2.00 a first American Edition of The Glass Cage by Georges Simenon, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1971, NF/NF, with an owners signature. The signature being that of the noted crime author Dorothy B. Hughes. It exactly matches her signature in my copy of The Etruscan Bull by Frank Gruber. Also in the the bargain bin for only $1.00 this time, The Modern Library edition of The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, #229, 1948 VG/VG. I know almost nothing about the Modern Library editions ... is this a find? AL |
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"Scot Kamins" wrote
The ML "First Thus" of ... Arggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First Thus! Slowly I turned... -- Bob Finnan http://bobfinnan.com |
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"Bob" wrote: "Scot Kamins" wrote The ML "First Thus" of ... Arggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First Thus! Slowly I turned... I know, Bob. I did it to tweak your nose. :-D |
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