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Simon And Schuster, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Used Good/Good. Dust Jacket has edge and corner wear, some scuffing, but still intact. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar Brodart covering, which is removable. Light wear to cover, bumped corners, pages tanned but clean and unmarked. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

Simon and Schuster, 1947. First edition, xii, 468p. Edited with an Introduction by Joseph T. Shaw. Hardbound, gilt-lettered green cloth in very-good condition with some wear at bottom of spine, otherwise clean, firm binding and hinges, interior clean and unmarked, with very-good unclipped ($3.00) with small chip at bottom of spine. Fifteen stories selected by the Editor of Black Mask Magazine.

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (468pp. ) (Orange hue on spine of jacket faded. Couple slim chips & traces of shelf-wear to jacket. ) Classic hard-boiled stories culled from the pages of the famed pulp magazine by its illustrious editor. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 468 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1946. First edition in book form. First edition in book form. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge greenA lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($3.00 to the lower front flap). An unusually attractive example of this collection of 15 stories, chosen from early issues of Black Mask magazine by its esteemed editor Joseph T. Shaw. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

New York:: Simon and Schuster,, [1946].. FIRST EDITION.. A fine copy in an unusually bright dust jacket with one tiny chip at bottom edge. Contains stories by Chandler, Paul Cain, Raoul Whitfield, Hammett, Lester and George Harmon Coxe, among others.

New York: Simon and Schuster, [1946]., 1946. First edition. First edition. Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw (1874 - 1952) was the editor of Black Mask magazine from 1926 to 1936. Black Mask was the most important pulp magazine published in the United States. It was founded in 1920 by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, it published traditional thrillers and adventure fiction but is remembered today chiefly for its detective stories. The hard-boiled school of tough private detectives was begun by Carroll John Daly and his character, Race Williams, and continued with Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, George Harmon Coxe, Frank Gruber, and other prolific writers of fast-paced, violent, cynical, yet romantic crime tales. The magazine achieved preeminence under the editorship of Joseph T. Shaw. Under his editorship. Black Mask published many works of crime fiction now recognized as classics of the genre, by authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, [1946]., 1946. First edition. First edition. Inked gift inscription by Joseph Shaw on the front fly leaf. Review copy with review card laid-in. Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw (1874 - 1952) was the editor of Black Mask magazine from 1926 to 1936. Black Mask was the most important pulp magazine published in the United States. It was founded in 1920 by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, it published traditional thrillers and adventure fiction but is remembered today chiefly for its detective stories. The hard-boiled school of tough private detectives was begun by Carroll John Daly and his character, Race Williams, and continued with Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, George Harmon Coxe, Frank Gruber, and other prolific writers of fast-paced, violent, cynical, yet romantic crime tales. The magazine achieved preeminence under the editorship of Joseph T. Shaw. Under his editorship, Black Mask published many works of crime fiction now recognized as… Read More