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THE METHODS OF UNCLE ABNER.

Post, Melville Davisson.

Boulder: The Aspen Press, 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects for the first time in book form the final four Uncle Abner stories. "It's primarily on the basis of these tales that Post is universally regarded as the finest American writer of detective/crime short stories between Edgar Allen Poe and Dashiell Hammett." - See Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, pp. 640-641. [Reference: Hubin, p. 652]. Upper corners bumped, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with bumped upper corners. (22442). Item #22442

Price: $25.00