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Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. America has had a love affair with the hard-boiled detective since the 1920s, when Prohibition called into question who really stood on the right and wrong side of the law. And nowhere did this hero shine more than in crime fiction. In Detectives in the Shadows, literary and cultural critic Susanna Lee tracks the evolution of this truly American character type from Race Williams to Philip Marlowe and from Mike Hammer to Jessica Jones. Lee explores how this character type morphs to fit an increasingly troubled world, offering compelling interpretations of The Wire, True Detective, and Jessica Jones. 216 pages, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Arnold Lobel. Dust jacket shows very minor wear. Hardbound. When Lucifer hears that Mother Crump is "meaner than the devil", he pays her a visit to find out himself. And sure enough, she out-deviled him! Even when she dies, and he won't let her into his domain, Mother Crump manages to best the devil one last time.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY BLOCK on title page.

NY, Methuen, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 83 pages. Dust jacket bright, unclipped.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Z. Walck, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 61 pages. Cloth boards. Two color Illustrations by Hogner. Dust jacket has minor chipping along edges and all corners clipped. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Stokes, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Light spotting to covers. Clean internally.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers, 317 pages. Four friends walk and tell tales while hiking over moors. A light hearted narrative in which Henry Williamson intended to evoke a holiday spirit. The conceit of four friends on a hiking holiday and telling tales to one another links six short stories. Williamson focusses on presenting Devon and its people as it was in the mid 1930s. Covers with fading, chipping to spine cloth, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 2nd pr., 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 190 pages. A mystery novel about the adventurous librarian lifestyle. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf.

Paperback. New York, Pantheon, Uncorrected proof wraps, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages. Softcover with light wear to wrappers. SIGNED BY MALLON on title page. Tight copy. In 1948, the small town of Owosso, Michigan, is electrified by the presidential campaign of native favorite Thomas Dewey. Just as voters must decide between Dewey and Harry Truman, so must bookstore clerk Anne Macmurray choose between two suitors-the ardent United Auto Workers organizer and his polar opposite, the wealthy young Republican attorney with political ambitions.

Softcover. New York, Pantheon Books, Uncor. Proof, 1996, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages. Softcover with moderate creasing and wear to edges. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Previous owner's notes throughout. Previous owner was novelist, Jay Parini. Tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 317 pages. Remainder mark to top edge, light wear to pictorial dust jacket, else a very neat, tight copy.

Hardcover. Germany, Taschen, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 3-vol set in slip case. Hardcovers. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Editor Dian Hanson traces the fascinating development of the genre from 1900 to 1969 in three compact, informative volumes. In Volume 1 you'll learn about the first magazines that appeared around 1900 in France, Germany, and the U.S., and follow the development of the genre through the First and Second World Wars. Covered are men's magazines masquerading as movie magazines, humor magazines, art magazines, nudist magazines, and "spicy" fiction. Volume 2 documents the proliferation of pin-up magazines following World War II, most notably a little item called Playboy that debuted in December 1953 and spawned dozens of imitators. This volume also charts the emergence of English men's magazines, fetish magazines, and the top five covergirls of the 1950s. Volume 3 begins with an explosion of new American pin-up magazines following the loosening of U.S. obscenity laws, and continues with French titles in decline, England going pervy; nudists going hippy, and Germany going pervy, hippy and political.

Hardcover. New York, The Limited Editions Club, Ltd. ed., 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 354 pages. Padded blue silk covers with gilt lettering and design. Illustrated in color by Reginald Marsh. Edges speckled blue and yellow. Limited edition copy #880/1500 and SIGNED BY MARSH. Very good condition. No slipcase.

Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #A146. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Creasing to covers and spine. Ink notation on first page.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Violet cloth stamped in blue, 240 pages. No date but appears to be 1940s. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. Author's 1st book.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color and black & white illustrations by the Haders. Shows wear. Previous owner's signature front paste-down, some water damage to cover, edges and preliminary pages. Otherwise clean. Hardbound, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Roslyn NY, Walter J. Black, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. Three complete unabridged mysteries in one volume. Detective Book Club Edition. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, Algonquin Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 236 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Faint foxing to top edge, light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st Edition, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Previous owner's gift label on front flyleaf. Tan, speckled cover boards, brown quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, a touch of tanning from age, a couple of very small tears (barely noticeable--see image) at top along edge of dj. Part New England gothic, part fantasy, and pure rollicking adventure story, this book traces the history of a unique clan of hardy Vermonters who have survived in Kingdom County, near the Canadian border, for several generations.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 255 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Moderate wear and tearing to dust jacket. Covers clean and tight.

Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st UK, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 219 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 220 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, minor wear and soiling to white dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy. Winner of the Booker Prize.

Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st UK, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 219 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy, mild cock to spine.