Ken Crossen (21 results)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 2, No. 2. Edited by Harry Harrison. Cover states this is Mar. issue, while contents list Feb. Cover art by Mel Hunter. Includes "Plague" (novelette) by Ken Crossen; "The Prodigy" (novelette; 1st story) by Thomas N. Scortia; "The Ride" by Walter L. Kleine; "The Syndic" (pt. 2 of 2) by C. M. Kornbluth. Article: "The Fiction in Science Fiction" by William Tenn. Departments: "Editorial: What Is a Magazine?"; "Fanmag" by Bill Venable; "The Dissecting Table"; "The Chart Room". Illustrated by Ebel, Krenkel, Mendenhall, Smith, and Sussman. Covers glued on at hinges; edge and corner wear; creasing; tanning; minor losses at spine ends. Book.…

very good.

good - very good.

almost near fine.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. Previously published in hard covers in the UK by Boardman in 1960. Originally published in the US by Dutton in 1959. Third novel under this name featuring Brian Brett. Reading creasing and edge rubbing to the spines. Light browning to the back cover. Page edges are browned and the pages are browned around the edges but are otherwise clean and unmarked. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Halbleinen, 8¡, 137 S., ein "Alpenlandroman". Einband Gebrauchsspuren und bestoßen.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. American Bloodhound Mystery 355. Originally published in the US by Dutton in 1960. Fourth and final novel under this name featuring Brian Brett. Slight fading to edges of boards. Page edges are lightly browned with spotting. Pages are lightly browned, but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket has two half-inch closed tears to the base of the spine and another at the bottom right corner of the front panel - there are tape marks to the reverse where these have been repaired in the past. Fading to the spine and on the top two inches of the front panel. A little browning to the rear panel. Jacket illustration by Denis McLoughlin. First printing. McLoughlin, Denis (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: Very good. Very good condition. Covers and edges are worn. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contains 'Homicide: Honolulu Bound' (Part 1 of 6) by Adams; 'John Brown's Body' by Crossen; 'No Money Payoff' by Torrey; 'One-Track Murder' by Knox; 'By Claw and Fang' by Sale; 'Illustrated Crimes' by Allen; 'Death's Dark Driveway' by Plunkett; 'Handwriting Secrets' by King; 'Cop's Crusade' (Part 4 of 6) by Clark; 'Pay for the Piper' by St. John; 'They're Swindling You!' by Wrentmore; and 'Solving Cipher Secrets' by Ohaver. Light chipping around the edges of the front and rear covers. Browning to the pages but they are generally otherwise unmarked. Illustrations at the beginning of each story. Cover illustration by Emmett Watson. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Watson, Emmett (illustrator).…

very good - fine.

ed. paperback good condition with some general wear.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. American Bloodhound No.168. Originally published by Dutton in the US in 1956. The first of the four Brian Brett books written by Crossen using this pen name. The boards have light surface marking with bumping to the bottom of the spine and a light dent to the top edge of the rear panel. Page edges are browned with some scattered brown spotting. The endpapers have some browning and spotting. The pages are otherwise unmarked. Jacket has some edge wear and slight chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. There are two tiny closed tears to the top of the rear panel. The rear panel has some discolouration with a little staining at the bottom right corner and there is heavy spotting to the reverse. Jacket illustration by Denis McLoughlin. One of the Boardman promotional bookmarks is laid in - this has a small patch of fading to the top right corner. First printing. McLoughlin, Denis (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fragile wartime paperback original from the pulp writer, Crossen, and a Hubin listed mystery. Very good with typical brittle and tanned pages, and a tape repair at head of spine. Vulcan mystery 5.

Side-stapled. Condition: Very Good -. Covered side-stapled softcover, has light wear with shallow chips to spine ends, a small chip to front hinge near base, short closed tear to top of front hinge, some soiling to outer upper edge of covers, and areas of rubbing, otherwise a solid VG- copy.

137 + 1 S. OBrosch. m. OSch. - Alpenlandroman. - OSch. m. Randläsuren tlw. m. Japanpapier hinterlegt, R. m. Fehlstelle im OSch., stockfleckig, Besitzsign. a. V., Gbrsp.

Green Publishing. 1945. First edition, paperback. Covers are slightly creased and rear panel lightly soiled. Some browning to pages o/w a clean and sound copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hubin listed wartime paperback original from Crossen, the prolific pulp writer. Good+ in wraps with some wrinkling to edges and both covers at spine.n Single grease pencil marking to front cover. There are a few neat tape repairs to spine and inside front cover. Five Star Mystery 2.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. This is a full length ORIGINAL novel. Sleuth Jason Jones and Necessary Smith, private detective extraordinaire team up in a mystery involving Broadway s most glamorous stars. The digest is in Very Good to Near Fine condition. Some wear to top and bottom of the spine and light edgewear to back cover.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An eerie series publication, wartime paperback original from Crossen. Listed in Hubin. Very good with bright orange and yellow covers showing little wear. There is slight loss at head and heel and upper corner of front cover, else nearly fine.

Vulcan Publications. New York. 1945. First edition. A Vulcan Mystery. Paperback. Covers soiled, creased and rubbed, inside of covers foxed. Pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy of a scarce item.

First edition. Digest-sized paperback original. Small split at top edge of front hinge, else a near fine copy of this World War II publication. Crossen was a prolific pulp writer using numerous pseudonyms including among them M. E. Chaber. He also was the creator of the Green Lama. Jason James and Necessary Smith come together to solve a murder among Broadway's most glamorous stars. A scarce title, especially.so in collectable condition.…