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Kiss Me Deadly [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by SPILLANE, Mickey [Frank Morrison Spillane]
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Arthur Barker, 1953. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in. Octavo (19.5cm); blue cloth titled in pink on the spine; dustjacket; 192pp. Former owner's name erased from free front endpaper; faint foxing inside covers; spine ends gently pushed; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced 9s. 6d net) with chipping and tears to the extremities; shallow loss to crown; Good+.
Sixth Mike Hammer mystery. Basis for the 1955 American film noir produced and directed by Robert Aldrich. Starring Ralph Meeker and featuring Maxine Cooper and Cloris Leachman appearing in their feature film debuts. "The author's great popularity rests on the ease with which he mixes familiar elements- sex, sentiment, violence- without giving them any particular force or flavor. His numerous stories have the speed of a shallow stream and are almost indistinguishable. One good point: the sex is usually tender and friendly, not sadistic or hostile, and it offsets the smashing of skulls. No detection." BARZUN & TAYLOR 1955; HUBIN p.385.
Sixth Mike Hammer mystery. Basis for the 1955 American film noir produced and directed by Robert Aldrich. Starring Ralph Meeker and featuring Maxine Cooper and Cloris Leachman appearing in their feature film debuts. "The author's great popularity rests on the ease with which he mixes familiar elements- sex, sentiment, violence- without giving them any particular force or flavor. His numerous stories have the speed of a shallow stream and are almost indistinguishable. One good point: the sex is usually tender and friendly, not sadistic or hostile, and it offsets the smashing of skulls. No detection." BARZUN & TAYLOR 1955; HUBIN p.385.
Synopsis
A beautiful woman's cold-blooded murder has the mark of the Mafia. Although warned to stay away, Hammer won't stop until he gets revenge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53616
- Title
- Kiss Me Deadly [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
- Author
- SPILLANE, Mickey [Frank Morrison Spillane]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Arthur Barker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Laid-in
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- Fine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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