New York: Macfadden-Bartell Corp., 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Macfadden 50-233; from the Edgar Award-winner credited with creating the first credible African-American private detective, a hardboiled story of Hal Darling, a New York City PI, hunting for a call girl who's inherited a fortune; First Printing of First Macfadden-Bartell Edition; text is tight, clean, square, lightly age-tanned in black pictorial wrappers showing reading crease, o/w very minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce in this condition.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001881
Title: STRIP FOR VIOLENCE
Author: Lacy, Ed (Leonard S. Zinberg)
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good to Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Printing, First Edition Thus.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Macfadden-Bartell Corp.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1965
Keywords: MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, NEW YORK, VINTAGE PAPERBACK
Bookseller catalogs: Private Detective; New York; Crime;

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About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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