Halo In Blood

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. First Edition. The hand-boiled author's first book, and the first to feature Chicago private detective Paul Pine. "Paul Pine, solo sleuth, from a pauper's funeral to a five body carnage, is almost sunk without trace by the girl whose marriage he is to prevent. Pine's snooping lands him in wrong with the police, gets… Read more about this item

Harpenden: No Exit Press, 1988. First thus hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, and page block and page edges are tanned. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

NY: Bantam, 1946. [1st printing] Dec. 1946; #74. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; tanning; spine sunned. Signed on title page Howard Browne & "John Evans".. Signed by Author. Mass Market Paperback. Good+ to Very Good-.

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 245 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt stamping. First edition. A Near Fine copy with a little foxing and dust-soiling to edges, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a tiny tear at head, darkening to spine panel. A very attractive, vivdly-colored example of the… Read more about this item

London: No Exit Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. A thrilling crime novel by Howard Browne. First thus, the first edition of this work published by No Exit Press. The true first of this work was published in 1946. With original unclipped dustwrapper. The author Howard Browne wrote… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN,: Bobbs-Merrill, 1946. 245 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows a little wear to ends of spine; slight shelfwear to bottom edges & corners; spine is slightly angled; a little light foxing to top edge of page block; some browned areas to endpapers; Dust jacket shows wear, chipping & small creases… Read more about this item

Bantam, 1958. Later Printing . Paperback. Good. rub to the front panel near the spine tiny tear to the bottom edge of the fron cover and some spotting to the front panel

INDIANAPOLIS: BOBBS-MERRILL, 1946. Fine. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Close to fine in a Vg.+ dj. (Slight hint of foxing at endpapers & pastedowns. Moderate chipping at spine ends on dj. A few edge tears & traces of light shelfwear to edges of dj.) FIRST Paul Pine mystery. .

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Bantam, 1946. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very good second paperback printing. Square, tight, internally clean. Some fading to spine and wear to spine ends. Previous owner's name in pen to title page. Old price sticker shadow to front cover. Signed by Howard Browne on the title page.

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1946 first edition. 74 very good - fine, reading crease paperback,

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1946 first edition. 74 almost near fine paperback,

quill classic, 1973 first thus. near fine, unread paperback,