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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.
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.
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.
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.
ASSIGNMENT: STAR STEALERS.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal T2281. 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.
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.
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.
ASSIGNMENT TIGER DEVIL.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1977. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. A Sam Durell adventure.
DOWN THE RIVER.
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1982]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition.
RUN WITH THE HARE.
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-234. orginal blue cloth, front and spine stamped in white, top edge stained red, fore edge uncut. First edition. The first of three using this pseudonym. Hubin, p. 1.
DAUGHTER OF THE BRIGHT MOON.
New York: Ace Books, [1979]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Fantasy novel.
ALIEN SOULS.
London: Hutchinson & Co., Patternoster Row, n.d., [1923]. Octavo, red cloth, stamped in blind and black to front cover, stamped in black to spine. First British edition. Short story collection. Listed in Hubin.
BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED.
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2011. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Abercrombie. The author's second novel and the second book of "The First Law" trilogy. From a Guardian interview with the author 17 September, 2019: "...following the adventures of torturer Inquisitor Glokta, barbarian warrior Logen Ninefingers, and the dashing but vain swordsman Jezal dan Luthar. Gritty, violent, cynical and redolent with dark humour, “it was my take on Lord of the Rings, but bringing in all my weird preoccupations about how people work, the nature of violence. It’s a reaction against the shiny and optimistic heroic fantasy I read as a teenager. In trying to do the opposite, it becomes quite pessimistic and grim.”.
LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS.
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2011. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. The author's third novel and the third book of "The First Law" trilogy. From a Guardian interview with the author 17 September, 2019: "...following the adventures of torturer Inquisitor Glokta, barbarian warrior Logen Ninefingers, and the dashing but vain swordsman Jezal dan Luthar. Gritty, violent, cynical and redolent with dark humour, “it was my take on Lord of the Rings, but bringing in all my weird preoccupations about how people work, the nature of violence. It’s a reaction against the shiny and optimistic heroic fantasy I read as a teenager. In trying to do the opposite, it becomes quite pessimistic and grim.”.
ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE.
New York, NY: Clayton Magazines, Inc., 1931. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine.
ACE-HIGH NOVELS.
New York, NY: Clayton Magazines, Inc., 1932. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Feature novel is "Wolves of the Wild" by Fletcher Nebel. This first issue of this short run magazine.
CHATTERTON.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Short listed for the 1987 Booker Prize.
FIRST LIGHT.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1989]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's fourth novel.
HAWKSMOOR.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed and also inscribed by Ackroyd on the title page. Detective Nicholas Hawksmoor investigates strangled victims near cathedrals built in the 18th century which are associated with ritual murders. "Ackroyd's vivid recreation of historical London and its squalor contributes to the story's eerie atmosphere." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-1. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-1. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-1. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-1. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 99. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: The 100 Best Books 96. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 92.
HAWKSMOOR.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Unusual, antiquarian supernatural novel." - Pardoe, The James Gang, p. 4. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-1. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-1. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-1. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 99. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: The 100 Best Books 96. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 92.
ACTION STORIES.
New York: Fiction House, Inc., 1929. Octavo, single issue, cover by Murphy, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes fiction by Frederick Nebel, Hugh B. Cave, Theodore Roscoe and others.
NO WINGS ON A COP.
Kingston, NY: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc., [1950]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Handi-Books 112. Paperback original. Crime novel. Expanded from the original pulp publication after Adam's death by Robert Leslie Bellem. Hubin, p. 3.
THE PRIVATE EYE.
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, [1942]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-284, jacket illustration by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., original light gray cloth, spine stamped in black, fore edge uncut. First edition. Private eye novel set in Arizona involving corrupt cops, gangsters and shady mine operators. "...in his own style Adams captured the gray and gritty feel of the time as powerfully as Chandler, and created as enduring an image of the private detective." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), p. 3. Some readers consider this one of Adams best books. Hubin, p. 3.
CONTRABAND.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. Posthumous published novel. This fix-up novel used several pulp stories which was tied together and fleshed out by Robert Leslie Bellem. Hubin, p. 2.
THE MYSTERY AND DETECTION ANNUAL 1972.
Beverly Hills, CA: Donald K. Adams, 1972. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe. Also includes the first publication of selected passages from Dashiell Hammett's unpublished story, "The Thin Man" (different from his later novel).