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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. First edition. Spine leaned, wear to corner tips and spine ends, a good to very good copy. (22383). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-302, original black cloth, front and spine stamped in orange. The second mystery novel featuring detective Vee (Vivian) Brown who takes on the Black Death organization. Daly was an important contributor to Black Mask and published stories into the 1950s. He influence can be seen in many writers who followed him. "Daly's contribution to the hardboiled genre was indeed monumental; far more than simply being the first at bat. And his impact was felt far beyond the private eye field alone. The Shadow, The Spider, The Phantom Detective-all the famous masked avengers of the pulps were merely gussied up versions of Race Williams. Daly took the two-gun American Hero from the wooly plains of the West and transplanted him in New York. He allowed his hero to retain all those traditional fantasy concepts of what the…
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. First American Edition. Attractive copy of Daly's second hard-boiled novel featuring Vee Brown, his best-known detective after Race Williams. "In Emperor of Evil, he tangles with Vincent van Houton, an apparently respectable member of society who is actually a human devil, the head of the Black Death organization, and so successful at concealing his identity that the police refuse to believe in his guilt" (Penzler & Steinbrunner, p.116). Scarce in dustjacket, particularly inscribed. Hubin, p.104. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in orange on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x,302pp. Inscribed by Daly to his secretary, Betty Grover Eisner, on the front endpaper: "June 14, 1939 / For Betty Eisner / my partner in crime / Carroll John Daly." Spine ends gently nudged, upper edge of textblock foxed, else Near Fine and clean throughout. In an attractive example of the dustjacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr.; unclipped (priced $2.00), lightly edgeworn, with two shallow losses to crown (none affecting lettering), a few tiny nicks and short tears; Very Good+.
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937., 1937. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright copy in bright and crisp dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners, with some tiny nicks and closed tears to the extremities. The second mystery novel features detective Vee (Vivian) Brown who takes on the Black Death organization. Private eye, Vee Brown ... AKA the Crime Machine ... battles with his greatest nemesis, the Emperor of Evil. Vivian “Vee†Brown leads two lives. Delicate-looking and small in stature, he lacks physical strength and endurance, but that doesn’t prevent him from being an effective special operative to the Manhattan District Attorney. In this capacity he often ignores the legal niceties of due process, shooting first and asking questions later. Many citizens view him as a hair-trigger gunman whose killings make him little better than the vicious criminals he hunts. In his other life, Brown lives in a luxurious Park…
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937., 1937. First edition. First edition. Inscribed and dated on the front free fly leaf June 14, 1939 / For Betty Eisner / my partner in crime / Carroll John Daly. Betty Grover Eisner was Daly's longtime secretary. Fine, bright copy in bright and crisp dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners, with some tiny nicks and closed tears to the extremities. The second mystery novel features detective Vee (Vivian) Brown who takes on the Black Death organization. Private eye, Vee Brown ... AKA the Crime Machine ... battles with his greatest nemesis, the Emperor of Evil. Vivian “Vee†Brown leads two lives. Delicate-looking and small in stature, he lacks physical strength and endurance, but that doesn’t prevent him from being an effective special operative to the Manhattan District Attorney. In this capacity he often ignores the legal niceties of due process, shooting first and asking questions…
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