A storm of spears by A. C Marin - 1971

First edition first printing of the third novel Alfred Coppel wrote under this pen name. Light edge wear. Light tanning to the white dustjacket. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovaonavich, 1971. CV5 - A first edition (stated with complete letterline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has light discoloration, small bends on corners, and light shelf wear. Book has light discoloration, faint writing on front page, small bends on corners, and light shelf wear. A Novel of Suspense. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.25"x5.5", 183 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. This is the nightmarish story of a man hopelessly caught in a mad sequence of violent events and with no chance to save himself. It opens at a large California university and initially focuses on the drug-sex activist scene. It starts with infidelity and what appears to be an elaborate form of blackmail. Before it has reached far beyond blackmail. Frank Charles is an instructor in the… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 183p.