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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black boards with red lettered spine and front board. A small white scuff at the spine, corners very lightly bumped, binding slightly cocked. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket with rubbed edges, chipped at head and heel of spine, otherwise a clean and very good dust jacket. Includes a photograph of Spillane, inscribed, "This is really a golden oldie! Best Mickey Spillane

A FAIR FIRST EDITION IN VERY GOOD DJ. part of spine missing INSCRIBED :DEAR MOM AND DAD FOR SUCH A SKINNY BOOK THEY TOOK A LONG TIME PUTTING IT OUT... BUT I HOPE IT'S THE BEGINNING OF LUCK FOR ALL OF US...BETTER NOT LET ANY OF YOUR CHILDREN READ IT! LOVE YOUR SON MICKEY

Signed with a personal inscription to Michael Preston on the front-free-endpage. First Edition, First Printing – stated on the copyright page with the date of 1947 on the title page with the correct information on the dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth with red titles; 8vo 8 inches tall; 9-218 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even age-toning. Minimal shelf handling wear with pushed spine tips. The dust jacket has the price of $2.50 intact; the jacket's front displays nicely with light edge wear, along the rear panel and spine a faint dampstain and a partial split at the spine edge. Older interior tape repairs on some of the perimeter. Now contained in a new clear Mylar sleeve. Mickey Spillane, renowned as the ‘king of pulp fiction, ' made his mark with his debut novel introducing private investigator Mike Hammer. Known for his gritty tales of relentless vengeance, Spillane captivated readers with Hammer's unyielding pursuit of justice amidst a backdrop of money laundering and Communist intrigue. Spillane's writing style was distinguished by its terse prose, rapid pacing, gritty sexuality, and explosive conclusions. His influence extended to the 1953 film adaptation of his hardboiled detective classic, starring Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, and Peggy Castle. [Adapted from ref. ] Genres: Hardboiled, Noir, Detective, Thriller Ref: Ahearn, 616; Johnson, 172.

DUTTON, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A FAIR FIRST EDITION IN VERY GOOD DJ. INSCRIBED :DEAR MOM AND DAD FOR SUCH A SKINNY BOOK THEY TOOK A LONG TIME PUTTING IT OUT... BUT I HOPE IT'S THE BEGINNING OF LUCK FOR ALL OF US...BETTER NOT LET ANY OF YOUR CHILDREN READ IT! LOVE YOUR SON MICKEY.

First edition. Bumping at the corners else fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with typical sunning to the spine and very light wear at the edges. Spillane's first book, the first Mike Hammer mystery, and the progenitor to a whole generation of books featuring ultra-violent detective heroes. Desirable and scarce in such nice condition.

First edition. Bumping at the corners else fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with typical sunning to the spine and very light wear at the edges. Spillane's first book, the first Mike Hammer mystery, and the progenitor to a whole generation of books featuring ultra-violent detective heroes. Desirable and scarce in such nice condition.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1947. Advance Reading Copy. Near Fine. Advance reading copy of the first edition. Publisher's original sheets bound into the dust jacket without flaps. Near Fine with chip at foot of spine, light wear, toning to contents, bottom corner lightly bumped. A scarce advance reader's copy of the debut novel of the "king of pulp fiction" Mickey Spillane. The basis for the 1953 hard-boiled detective film of the same name starring Biff Elliot, Preston Faster, and Peggy Castle.

Advance reading copy of the first edition. Publisher's original sheets bound into the dust jacket without flaps. Near Fine with chip at foot of spine, light wear, toning to contents, bottom corner lightly bumped. A scarce advance reader's copy of the debut novel of the "king of pulp fiction" Mickey Spillane. The basis for the 1953 hard-boiled detective film of the same name starring Biff Elliot, Preston Faster, and Peggy Castle.