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Black Alley

Black Alley

Black Alley

Black Alley

by Spillane, Mickey

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Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1996. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full burgundy leather, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Octavo. Marbled endpapers and a sewn-in red ribbon bookmark. 234pps. No dustjacket, as issued. The head of the spine is very mildly rubbed and there is a slight crease at the top edge of the first three preliminary pages. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author exclusively for members of the Signed First Edition Society on a limitation page. Includes a color frontispiece by Nick Gaetano specially commissioned by The Franklin Library. Also, an Introduction by Spillane that is not included in the trade edition.

"...Yes, Mike Hammer is back, and in deeper trouble and darker danger than ever before. He has the gunning down of an old army buddy to pay back with interest. He has two generations of the most powerful family in the Mafia to beat at their own gory games. He has a missing chunk of vital memory blown out of his head by a bullet in his guts. And above all, he has a missing cache of $89 billion to find in a slick maze of false clues, phony stories, brutal betrayals, and deadly twists and turns, before the bad guys get their hands on it and their sights on him. And to complicate matters, the Feds have dealt themselves into the game, eager to beat everybody else to the loot. On his side, against this awesome array of evil, he has only his beautiful, loving, and when necessary lethal secretary, Velda. Plus a pair of rock-hard fists. And his old reliable companion, his well-oiled .45. Yes, Mike Hammer is definitely back with the kind of action and excitement that only he delivers. Which is another way of saying that fans of the greatest of hard-knuckled heroes are once again in the hands of the grand master, Mickey Spillane, at the very top of his form..."

Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. . SIGNED by the Author. First Edition. MICKEY SPILLANE BLACK ALLEY SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS MYSTERY CRIME THRILLER SUSPENSE MURDER HOMICIDE NOIR HARD BOILED DETECTIVE INSPECTORS SLEUTHS MIKE HAMMER MOB MAFIA. Catalogs: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, SIGNED, Leatherbound/Franklin/Easton.

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Black Alley is Mickey Spillane's thirteenth novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer, and the last one completed before his death (though one of Spillane's unfinished manuscripts was completed by Max Allan Collins and published in 2008).

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Title
Black Alley
Author
Spillane, Mickey
Book Condition
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Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Franklin Library
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
1996
Bookseller catalogs
Mystery/Crime/Thriller; Signed; Leatherbound/Franklin/Easton;

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