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HALO IN BRASS.
Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1949]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Browne (signed as Howard "John Evan" Browne) on the front free end paper. The fourth Paul Pine novel. "...feature[s] Chicago private detective Paul Pine, one of the best of the plethora of tough-guy heroes from that era. Although the Pine novels are solidly in the tradition of Raynond Chandler, they have a complexity and character all their own and are too well crafted to be imitations." - Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p.96-97. Hubin, p. 270.
RETURN OF THARN.
Providence, RI: The Grandon Company Publishers, 1956. Octavo, boards. First edition. First binding of two-part green boards with gold stamping on spine panel. Inscribed and signed by Browne on the front free end paper. Sequel to Warrior of the Dawn. First published in Amazing Stories October - December 1948.
THE TASTE OF ASHES.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Browne to a mystery bookseller; "For--- / whom I tolerate only because / he's a bookseller / Howard Browne / 4/16/88." Signed again on the title page by Browne. Also a short typed note dated 1982 from Browne is laid in, declining an invitation to the BoucherCon and saying he is working on a new book to be titled Pork City (St. Martin's, 1988). The next to last Paul Pine novel, this one published under his own name, thought by some the best of the series. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 96-97. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers (4th edition), 116-117.
THIN AIR.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Browne, a presentation copy signed by Browne in the year of publication; "For Elaine / ... and the champagne cocktails / were a buck a throw..."/ Love / Howard Browne/ 8/26/54." Well received non-series mystery novel.
WARRIOR OF THE DAWN: THE ADVENTURES OF THARN.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, [1943]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
WARRIOR OF THE DAWN: THE ADVENTURES OF THARN.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, [1943]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Prehistoric adventure with a Tarzan like character. First published as a serial in Amazing Stories (December -January 1942-43).
HALO IN BRASS.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1950]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pocket Book 709. A Paul Pine detective novel.
IF YOU HAVE TEARS.
New York: Mystery House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Browne; "For---/ widely known and admired/ by someone!/ Howard Browne/ 4/16/88." Signed again by Browne on the title page. An uncommon book to find, more so signed by the author.
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1950. Octavo, single issue, cover by Robert Gibson Jones. pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Carl F. Myers, Mack Reynolds, June Lurie, and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Robert Gibson Jones). pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Rog Phillips writing as "P. F. Costello" and writing as "Peter Worth," John Jakes, William Campbell Gault, and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1950. Octavo, single issue, cover by Arnold Kohn (though credited to Robert Gibson Jones). pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Robert W. Krepps writing as "Geoff St. Raymond," Mack Reynolds, John Jakes, and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Ed Valigursky. pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Paul Fairman, Milton Lesser writing as "Stephen Marlowe," Mack Reynolds writing as "Dallas Ross," Rog Phillips and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Robert Gibson Jones). pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Paul Fairman, Robert Moore Williams, William McGivern, Walter M. Miller, Jr., and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
FANTASTIC.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1954. Octavo, single issue cover by Augusto Marin, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Includes new fiction by Robert Bloch, William Lindsey Gresham, William McGivern, and others. Fantastic was an interesting magazine with ups and downs, the first couple years under Browne's editorship and then later under Cele Goldsmith were high spots. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 221-232.
FANTASTIC.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1952. Octavo, single issue cover by L. R. Summers, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Includes new fiction by Anthony Boucher, Jerome Bixby, Fritz Lieber and others. Also several reprint stories. Fantastic was an interesting magazine with ups and downs, the first couple years under Browne's editorship and then later under Cele Goldsmith were high spots. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 221-232.
FANTASTIC.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1953. Octavo, single issue cover by Robert Frankenberg, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Includes new fiction by Richard Matheson, Henry Kuttner, C. M. Kornbluth, John Wyndham and others. This issue also features and Edgar Allan Poe story unfinished at his death, here completed by Robert Bloch. Fantastic was an interesting magazine with ups and downs, the first couple years under Browne's editorship and then later under Cele Goldsmith were high spots. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 221-232.
FANTASTIC.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1954. Octavo, single issue cover by Vernon Kramer, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Includes new fiction by Ray Bradbury, Algis Budrys, Walter M. Miller, Jr., William McGivern, and others. Fantastic was an interesting magazine with ups and downs, the first couple years under Browne's editorship and then later under Cele Goldsmith were high spots. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 221-232.
FANTASTIC.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1953. Octavo, single issue cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Includes new fiction by B. Traven, Jack Williamson, Franklin Gregory, Shirley Jackson, and others. Fantastic was an interesting magazine with ups and downs, the first couple years under Browne's editorship and then later under Cele Goldsmith were high spots. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 221-232.
FANTASTIC.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1953. Octavo, single issue cover by W. T. Mars, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Includes new fiction by William P. McGivern, John Wyndham, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester and others. Fantastic was an interesting magazine with ups and downs, the first couple years under Browne's editorship and then later under Cele Goldsmith were high spots. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 221-232.
TALES OF THE SEA.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1953. Small octavo, cover by Clarence Doore, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first and only issue with fiction by John Russell, Steve Frazee, Jack London and others.