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Ace High The 'Frisco Detective, or, The Girl Sport's Double Game; A Story of the Sierra & the Golden Gate City by Magee, David (Introduction); Dean, Mallette (Illustrations) - 1948

by Magee, David (Introduction); Dean, Mallette (Illustrations)

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Ace High The 'Frisco Detective, or, The Girl Sport's Double Game; A Story of the Sierra & the Golden Gate City by Magee, David  (Introduction); Dean, Mallette  (Illustrations) - 1948

Ace High The 'Frisco Detective, or, The Girl Sport's Double Game; A Story of the Sierra & the Golden Gate City

by Magee, David (Introduction); Dean, Mallette (Illustrations)

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [Printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Dean, Mallette. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 64 pp., with prospectus and slipcase. " 'Ace High' is the production - and very likely the masterpiece - of one C. E. Tripp, an author whose novels (now unfortunately in eclipse) once claimed the goggle-eyed attention of thousands of readers of Beadle's Half Dime Library. The story, in the best blood-and-thunder tradition of the vanished Dime Novel School. . .is one of the few paper-back thrillers with a California locale. It is a tale jam-packed with violent plot and counter-plot, in which villainy is ultimately unmasked and virtue emerges triumphant, all set in a California that never existed except in the fertile imagination of author C. E. Tripp" (per the prospectus). Reprinted from the original story published in Beadle's Half-Dime Library, Number 814, on February 28, 1893.

Printed by the Grabhorn Press, with wood engravings by Mallette Dean (1907-1975), an eminent printmaker and muralist; he provided illustrations for books printed by the Grabhorn Press for fifteen years. This book was one of the "Fifty Books of the Year", and was included in the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce & Coffin Club).

___DESCRIPTION: Quarter red canvas and patterned paper boards, tan paper spine label with red lettering and black ornament, fore- and bottom edges uncut, title page in red and black with vignette wood engraving by Mallette Dean, text in double columns, ten illustrations including title-page vignette and colophon in red and black by Dean throughout; Scotch Roman monotype, machine made paper, quarto size (12.5" by 8.75"), pagination: [i-viii] [1-3] 4-56, one of 500 copies, unnumbered. Loosely laid in is the prospectus in red and black, folded twice. In a red cloth slipcase.

___CONDITION: Volume could be deemed fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, the binding is tight with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; very mnimal rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, spine label sunned, and the free endpapers are age-toned, else fine. The slipcase is near fine, strong and sturdy, clean overall with some minor specks of soiling, with some rubbing to the corners and slight bumps to the head and tail of the spine. The prospectus is fine, clean and without wear.

___CITATIONS: Grabhorn Bibliography, no. 470; BCC 100, no. 69.

___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please inquire for details.

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  • Seller Swan's Fine Books US (US)
  • Illustrator Dean, Mallette
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Near fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition Limited Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The Book Club of California [Printed by the Grabhorn Press]
  • Place of Publication San Francisco
  • Date Published 1948
  • Keywords Fine Press, Grabhorn Press, Mallette Dean, Poker, Detective Story, Mystery, Suspense, Dime Novel, Wood Engraving, Woodcut, San Francisco

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Ace High The 'Frisco Detective Or, the Girl Sport's Double Game (A Story of the Sierra & The Golden Gate City (reprinted from Beadle's Half-Dime Library, Number 814, February 28, 1893

by Tripp, C. E. (with an introduction by David Magee)

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The Book Club of California. Used - Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies. 4to. Quarter cloth over dec. paper-covered boards. Untrimmed edges. Illus. Very little shelf-wear. Top fore-corners lightly bumped. Else clean, attractive copy. Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).
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