THE URGENT HANGMAN.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., n.d., [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-247 [248: blank], original cream cloth, spine lettered in pink, top edge stained green. First edition. The first in the Slim Callaghan, London based private detective. "...one of the most popular storytellers of his time, and his time and his success inspired a long line of British hard-boiled writers such as James Hadley Chase, Hartley Howard, Peter Chambers, Hank Janson and Carter Brown." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), p. 185. Basis for the stage play Meet Mr. Callaghan, later filmed (in 1954). Hubin, pp. 160-161. A fine copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear to the corner tips and spine ends, a tiny closed tear to the lower front panel, a small closed tear and chip to the upper rear panel, darkening strip along the upper rear panel and interior flap edges. (25305). Item #25305
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