CHICAGO DAMES.
by SARTO, Ben" - [FAWCETT, Frank Dubrez, 1891-1968] :
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Modern Fiction, [ca.1943]. First edition : the variant with the plain lower wrapper. The United Ladies' Club of Chicago - Dynamite Doll, Slappy Sal (not to mention her husband Jelly the Fish), Velvet Vi, Reno Doreena - but Anna Toplitski craves the "sharp, puncturing kiss" of the hypodermic syringe. It has become apparent from the details of the May 1949 "passing off" High Court hearing before Mr Justice Romer, in which Fawcett and his publisher, Edwin Turvey, sued each other over the rights in the "Ben Sarto" name, that many of the Sarto titles were first published considerably earlier than has previously been supposed. Evidence produced at the trial over the surrender of rights in reprints suggests that the present title must have been in print prior at some time prior to the summer of 1944. Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a typical H. W. Perl design of a blonde in clinging green; some very minor wear and creasing; a couple of short tears; the predominantly white wrappers lightly marked, with some faint splashing to lower wrapper; staples a little rusted, but overall a very good copy of a fragile production.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30322
- Title
- CHICAGO DAMES.
- Author
- SARTO, Ben" - [FAWCETT, Frank Dubrez, 1891-1968] :
- Illustrator
- H. W. Perl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London : Modern Fiction, [ca.1943].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Crime, Detective Fiction, Pulp Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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