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The Hard-Boiled Omnibus. Early Stories From Black Mask [Raymond Chandler's personal copy] by Shaw, Joseph T. (Editor) - 1946

by Shaw, Joseph T. (Editor)

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The Hard-Boiled Omnibus. Early Stories From Black Mask [Raymond Chandler's personal copy] by Shaw, Joseph T. (Editor) - 1946

The Hard-Boiled Omnibus. Early Stories From Black Mask [Raymond Chandler's personal copy]

by Shaw, Joseph T. (Editor)

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall in green cloth w/ gilt spine titles. Very Good book in like unclipped DJ protected in clear cover. Book edgeworn w/ curled corners, creased cloth w/paperclip (?) indentation top front board, blue topstain has bled onto top of front endpapers, spine tips dented, coffee (?) stain in margins approx. last 50 pages (not intruding into text); jacket chipped at corners and spine tips, 1/2" tear to top of soiled rear panel. RAYMOND CHANDLER'S PERSONAL COPY. Front endpaper STAMPED (twice, once upside down) w/ RAYMOND CHANDLER'S HOME ADDRESS! ALSO stamped with London address of "Helga Green Literary Agency" (Chandler's London agent, she inherited the publishing rights to his work upon his death; Chandler supposedly once asked her father if he could marry his daughter). 15 hard-boiled stories (selected by Shaw from his stint at Black Mask) by: Raymond Chandler ("The Man Who Liked Dogs"), Dashiell Hammett, George Harmon Coxe, Paul Cain, Lester Dent, etc. ix, 465pp inc. Introduction by Joseph T. Shaw. A unique copy for the Chandler buff.

  • Bookseller Basement Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Cloth
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
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  • Edition First Edition.
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1946
  • Keywords FICTION AMERICAN MYSTERY SUSPENSE HARD BOILED NOIR SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY COLLECTIBLE
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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The Hard-Boiled Omnibus. Early Stories from Black Mask.

by Shaw, Joseph T. (editor with Introduction)

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New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (468pp. ) (Orange hue on spine of jacket faded. Couple slim chips & traces of shelf-wear to jacket. ) Classic hard-boiled stories culled from the pages of the famed pulp magazine by its illustrious editor. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 468 pages .
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THE HARD-BOILED OMNIBUS. EARLY STORIES FROM BLACK MASK

THE HARD-BOILED OMNIBUS. EARLY STORIES FROM BLACK MASK

by SHAW, JOSEPH T. [EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY]

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New York: Simon and Schuster, [1946]., 1946. First edition. First edition. Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw (1874 - 1952) was the editor of Black Mask magazine from 1926 to 1936. Black Mask was the most important pulp magazine published in the United States. It was founded in 1920 by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, it published traditional thrillers and adventure fiction but is remembered today chiefly for its detective stories. The hard-boiled school of tough private detectives was begun by Carroll John Daly and his character, Race Williams, and continued with Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, George Harmon Coxe, Frank Gruber, and other prolific writers of fast-paced, violent, cynical, yet romantic crime tales. The magazine achieved preeminence under the editorship of Joseph T. Shaw. Under his editorship. Black Mask published many works of crime fiction now recognized as classics of the genre, by authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley… Read More
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THE HARD-BOILED OMNIBUS. EARLY STORIES FROM BLACK MASK

THE HARD-BOILED OMNIBUS. EARLY STORIES FROM BLACK MASK

by SHAW, JOSEPH T. [EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY]

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New York: Simon and Schuster, [1946]., 1946. First edition. First edition. Inked gift inscription by Joseph Shaw on the front fly leaf. Review copy with review card laid-in. Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw (1874 - 1952) was the editor of Black Mask magazine from 1926 to 1936. Black Mask was the most important pulp magazine published in the United States. It was founded in 1920 by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, it published traditional thrillers and adventure fiction but is remembered today chiefly for its detective stories. The hard-boiled school of tough private detectives was begun by Carroll John Daly and his character, Race Williams, and continued with Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, George Harmon Coxe, Frank Gruber, and other prolific writers of fast-paced, violent, cynical, yet romantic crime tales. The magazine achieved preeminence under the editorship of Joseph T. Shaw. Under his editorship, Black Mask published many works of crime fiction now recognized as… Read More
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