Death by Remote Control
Published by Hillman Periodicals, Inc, New York, 1942
- Used
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
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Octavo (19cm); blue pictorial paper wrappers; 128pp. Wrappers creased and lightly soiled, with rubbing about the extremities; stray pencil mark on front. Textblock edged and preliminaries foxed; date penciled on title page (January 12, 1942); mild reading wear, else Very Good overall, very scarce. The third entry in Hillman's "Detective Novel Classics" series, this humorously lurid mystery pulp tells the tale of an "electrical wizard" who is found dead in his personal electrocuting chamber (every house needs one). Our range of suspects include the usual dames and dodgy guys, all to be investigated by our chain-smoking detective, Marty Cohen. Published under a joint pen name used by ecclectic writer and filmmaker Abraham Polonsky, who was blacklisted by the HUAC in 1951; this story is actually a reissue of his 1940 The Goose is Cooked, written in alternating chapters with novelist Mitchell A. Wilson. Don't miss the hilarious "dead giveaway" on page 89 with the two real authors referring to themselves by name.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Death by Remote Control
- Author
- HOGARTH, Emmett (pseud. Abraham Polonsky and Mitchell A. Wilson)
- Publisher
- Hillman Periodicals, Inc, New York
- Publication year
- 1942
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Seller catalogs
- HUAC, Cold War, Red Scare, Modern Fiction, Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction
Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
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|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 6.50 | US$ 12.50 |
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We maintain an inventory of more than 50,000 items, including out-of-print and rare books, pamphlets, graphics, and ephemera, most in our specialty areas of Radical Thought and Modern Literature but including a large selection of fine books in all fields. Only a fraction of our inventory is catalogued for on-line sales. We also issue 2 to 4 printed catalogs each year of items in our specialisation. Though we are a private-premises business, our books are priced and organized for browsing. If you would like to visit our showroom, please contact us by e-mail or telephone as far in advance of your anticipated visit as possible. We'll do our best to accommodate you!…
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Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
661 Millwood Ave, Ste 206
Winchester, VA U.S.A. 22601
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