The Killing Man
by Spillane, Mickey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket as issued
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1989. Book. Illus. by Kelley, Gary - color frontispiece. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). First Signed Limited Edition. Octavo. vi + 229 pp, a special message for First Edition Society members from Mickey Spillane, signed by Mickey Spillane on ffep, color frontis, red leather and gilt design all around, gilt textblock, marbled e.p.'s, Binding tight, square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved, gilt top-edge shows signed of dust (perhaps) right at the hinge top and bottom, else Fine/HC..
Synopsis
Private eye, Mike Hammer, goes on the warpath when he finds his lovely secretary, Velda, lying battered on his office floor next to the mutilated body of a would-be client. The author has also written "The Girl Hunters", "The Body Lovers" and "Survival...Zero".
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009262
- Title
- The Killing Man
- Author
- Spillane, Mickey
- Illustrator
- Kelley, Gary - color frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Signed Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Mike Hammer - first person narrator.
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY & SCIFI;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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