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ASSIGNMENT MANCHURIAN DOLL.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1963. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal k1304. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT SULU SEA.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1964. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal k1497. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-ANGELINA.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1958]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal 749. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-BUDAPEST.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1957]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal 707. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-CARLOTTA CORTEZ.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second printing. Gold Medal k1373. Second printing, first published in 1959, GM 834. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-CONG HAI KILL.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1966]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal d1695. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-HELENE.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second printing. Gold Medal k1370. Second printing, first published in 1959, GM 863. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-LILI LEMARIS.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second printing. Gold Medal k1372. Second printing, first published in 1959, GM s911. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-LOWLANDS.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1961]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal s1073. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-MADELEINE.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1958 i.e. 1964]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Gold Medal d1661. First published as GM 799. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-MARA TIRANA.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications Inc., [1963]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Gold Medal s1036 First published as GM Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT-SUICIDE.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1965]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Gold Medal k1539. First published in 1956, GM 621. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT..... THE GIRL IN THE GONDOLA.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1964 i.e. 1966]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Gold Medal d1661. First published as GM k1398. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: CONG HAI KILL.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1966. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal d1695. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: MALTESE MAIDEN.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1972. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal T2635. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: MOON GIRL.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1967. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal d1849. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: NUCLEAR NUDE.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1968. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal R2000. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: PEKING.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1969. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal R2145. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: SCHOOL FOR SPIES.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1966. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal d1640 Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: STAR STEALERS.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal T2281. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: THE CAIRO DANCERS.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1965. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal d1583. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
ASSIGNMENT: WHITE RAJAH.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal R2202. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 1. [Reference: Hubin, p. 1].
DOWN THE RIVER.
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1982]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition.
THIEVES LIKE US ...
London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, [1937]. Octavo pp. [1-2: blank] [3-10] 1-286, publisher's green cloth stamp in brown, tan endpapers. First British edition. The author's second and last novel. Three escaped convicts rob banks. The central character goes on the run with his girlfriend. "Anderson’s second novel crackles with tension and has a very different mood from “Hungry Men” [his first] because the reader understands from the start that these characters are doomed. Hence their romance. The book lives best, not in its sometimes hard-boiled idiom, but in the moments between the action, when the characters are driving around Texas and Oklahoma, or holed up in a safe house or hotel" (Richard Raymer, L. A. Times, 22 June 2008). The title is used memorably by a character in the book, T. Dub Masefield, whose sentiment about bankers is: "They're thieves, just like us" (see p. 15). Film noir source title and basis for a 1949 film directed by Nicholas Ray titled They Live By Night and a later 1974 film directed by Robert Altman titled Thieves Like Us. [Reference: Johnson, The Dark Page I, p. 6. Silver and Ward, eds., Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (third edition), pp. 284-285. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, p. 187].
THIEVES LIKE US.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-314, original light brown cloth, front and spine stamped in black, fore edge untrimmed bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. The author's second and last novel. Three escaped convicts rob banks. The central character goes on the run with his girlfriend. "Anderson’s second novel crackles with tension and has a very different mood from “Hungry Men” [his first] because the reader understands from the start that these characters are doomed. Hence their romance. The book lives best, not in its sometimes hard-boiled idiom, but in the moments between the action, when the characters are driving around Texas and Oklahoma, or holed up in a safe house or hotel" - L.A. Times article 22 June, 2008 by Richard Raymer. The title is used memorably by a character in the book, T. Dub Masefield, whose sentiment about bankers is: "They're thieves, just like us." (see p. 15). Film noir source title and basis for two films, a 1949 release, directed by Nicholas Ray titled They Live By Night and filmed again by Robert Altman as Thieves Like Us in 1974. [Reference: Johnson, The Dark Page I, p. 6, Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 284-285. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, p. 187].