DECOY bound with IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1953]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition and first paperback edition. Ace double D-9. Paperback original of the Michael Morgan novel. Hard boiled Hollywood novel. Bill Pronzini writes in 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction (pp. 580-582), "Decoy is still one of the giants (midgets?), a novel so deliciously bad that it must be read again and again to be fully savored and appreciated." Jaffery, S., Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles, pp. 6-7. Rub mark to upper cover of Decoy, some minor rubbing, a very good copy. (16378). Item #16378
Price: $75.00
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