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Cop Hater - Ed McBain
1963 UK Penguin paperback first edition, London A VG+ book, clean and tightly bound In nicer condition than usual paperbacks of this age Small neat owner stamp. With two cops shot dead in a heat-wave Detective Steve Carella is scouring town for a man with a record, a grudge, and a -45. The 1st book in the 87th Precinct series and a nice copy for a reader
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The Mugger - Ed McBain
1963 UK Penguin softcover first edition, London A bright clean book, no real damage Much better than normally seen, if it's been read then it was carefully Small neat owner stamp. While Detective Hal Willis sieved the underworld, Patrolman Bert Kllng set up a private inquiry and got warned off by two comics from Homicide North. The 2nd book in the 87th Precinct series and scarce in this edition
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The Con Man - Ed McBain
1963 UK Penguin paperback first edition, London, (first published 1957 in the USA) A very good indeed book, spine straight and pages clean A tidier example than one normally sees in paperbacks of this vintage Small neat owner stamp. Steve Carella took the short cut through the tattoo parlours, but he was asleep when the game broke cover. It was his deaf and dumb wife, Teddy, who took up the hue without a cry. The 4th installment in the 87th Precinct series
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Killer's Payoff - Ed McBain
1964 English Penguin softcover 1st edition, London A very nice copy indeed Clean and solid, looks and feels as though barely read No names or stamps etc This is another of Ed McBain's tough documentaries of crime in a big American city, with all the reality and humour and compassion of Cop Hater or The Con Man. and with Steve Carella and the rest of the 'bulls'. But this case is one for Cotton Hawes. The 6th book in the 87th Precinct series and uncommon in this 1st edition
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Lady Killer
1964 United Kingdom Penguin paperback first edition, London, (first published 1958 in the USA) A tight and solid bright copy Still tightly bound, a nice honest copy Small neat owner stamp. 'I will kill the Lady tonight at 8.' Pieced and pasted together from printed snips, the letter was dropped at the muster room by a snotnosed boy often. Detective Cotton Hawes opened it The 8th adventure in the 87th Precinct series
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Evan Hunter has written an imposing body of popular fiction under his own name, but mystery fans know him best as Ed McBain. the author of the 87th Precinct stories, which is (he longest, the most varied, and by all odds the most popular police procedural series in the world. According to the disclaimer page at the front of each volume, the 87th Precinct is located in an "imaginary city." but most readers will quickly catch on that the setting is New York with names of areas and localities changed. The "city," for example, is composed of five boroughs: Isola (Manhattan), where the 87th is located; Riverhead (the Bronx); Majesta (Queens); Calm's Point (Brooklyn); and Bethtown (Staten Island). The reader may be puzzled by the fact [hat the two big rivers, the Harb and the Oix (the Hudson and East River) flow in a westerly direction although the "city" is located on the east coast, until he realizes that the "city" is New York rolled over on its side, so that north becomes east, east becomes south, and so on around the compass. The 87th Precinct is particularly well situated for the commission of upper- , middle- , and lower-class crimes. Within its borders are located at least one expensive high-rise apartment area, an affluent suburb, several large middle-income neighborhoods, blocks upon blocks of festering slums, a red-light district, and even a convenient number of old gothic mansions. George N. Dove |
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