Mr Strang -by Carroll John Daly by Daly, Carroll John - 1936

New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1936, 1st Edition, First Printing , 1936. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a solid Good example, sunning to the spine, age toning and light soiling to the edges of the text block, light wear and rubbing with a bit of fraying to red cloth, offset and browning to the endpapers, front flap of dustjacket has been glued to the verso of the front board, no dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (see description)/No Jacket. Illus. by No Dustjacket. 5.25w x 7.5h Inches.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. First edition. Abrasions to front and rear paste-downs from the dust jacket having glued to them and removed, two neat small previous owners signatures, light shelf wear to corners and spine ends, an about very good copy in a fair dust jacket, which has been trimmed and completely backed with brown paper, portions of the spine and rear panel have chipped away. (9462). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] 1-290 [291-294: blank], original orange cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First published in Detective Fiction Weekly as a series of novelettes, Mr. Strang metes out vigilante justice. "Mr. Strang is the punch packing story of a mysterious individual who sets out single handedly to break up the racket of Parole." from the jacket copy. Mr. Strang had further adventures in the pulp magazine. Hubin, pp. 210-211.

NY: Frederick A. Stokes. VG. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in red cloth with black lettering. A VG copy. Clot h covers have some spotting or staining on the rear board. Corners, sp ine tips are rubbed. Spine is a bit cocked. Inside is VG, clean text, hinges tight. Small name stamp on front endpaper. Not a beauty but a s olid copy.In a Facsimile dj. .

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1936. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Ex-private lending library copy with much of what that implies: tape shadows to the boards, shadows and remnants from old jacket protector to the endpapers and flaps, small hole to the first few leaves, but no stamps or ownership marks, else good in good plus dustwrapper with some shallow chipping.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. First edition. A fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with chips to spine ends with loss, small chip to upper left front corner, some general rubbing especially to folds. (22392). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] 1-290 [291-294: blank], original orange cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First published in Detective Fiction Weekly as a series of novelettes, Mr. Strang metes out vigilante justice. "Mr. Strang is the punch packing story of a mysterious individual who sets out single handedly to break up the racket of Parole." from the jacket copy. Mr. Strang had further adventures in the pulp magazine. Hubin, pp. 210-211.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936., 1936. First edition. First edition. Slight offset to spine panel else a bright near fine copy in a bright, near fine dust jacket with expert restoration to the extremities. Strang was not a trigger-happy private eye, but a straight-out vigilante. He even has a secret identity ... he’s mild-mannered antiques dealer Strang Cummings. Because nobody would ever figure that one out. Mr. Strang’s most distinguishing characteristic might have been his unfortunate, Spock-like haircut. We learn he carries a bullet embedded at the base of his skull, a bitter reminder of his murdered parents, and that Strang’s no fan of a parole system that has apparently been taken over by the local crime lord, who uses the prison system as a sort of criminal bullpen, securing early or temporary releases for convicts as required. Strang's sworn mission is “to crush the evils of parole, and to smash the… Read More