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Near Fine in a Very Good- dustjacket. Gray boards. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in red. Octavo. 250pps. Stated First Edition. The spine is slightly sunned and there is a small abrasion, as of a price-erasure, in the upper corner of the ffep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has moderate chipping at the spine-ends (and a small one at the top of the rear panel), a tear extending upward about 1 1/2" from the bottom of the front flap-fold, and modest touches of rubbing and soiling; the original price is intact. Quite a nice, presentable copy -- scarce in jacket -- of Spillane's second novel (following 'I, The Jury'). Filmed in 1957 by United Artists, starring Robert Bray as Hammer. "You had better buy this one right now, while you're standing here. This way you have it. If you start to read it here you won't be able to put it down and the chances are you don't have the time to spare right now to finish it here. When you get home you're still going to be thinking about it; by the time you get back in tomorrow to pick it up it may be gone. "You may never have heard of me before so I'll tell you I'm Mike Hammer, a private eye, or detective (it depends on how you look at those things), and I don't operate in what is generally known as 'the better places.' But I am a guy of action, and I DO have ideas of my own, try as some people will to do me out of them. "I don't make a habit of hanging around the not-so-fancy houses, the bars and the other joints down in the Bowery and the dirty little side streets and alleys off Third Avenue but my work does take me down there quite a lot. I don't make a steady diet of rescuing dames on the loose, either, but I even have to do that once in a while, too. I know my way around in this world, particularly in the less generally well-known parts of it. "If you want to take the nite off from some of your own more routine activities, buy this, come on with me and I'll take you down there below Delancey Street and introduce you to some of my acquaintances (a lot of them don't live long enough to become real friends) and I promise I'M not giving you a bum steer. And remember, My Gun Is Quick. -- Signed, Mike." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.
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