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ONCE UPON A CRIME
de Kendell Foster Crossen (Christopher Monig) Creator of the GREEN LAMA
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[KENDELL FOSTER CROSSEN]. ( CHRISTOPHER MONIG PSEUDONYM). ONCE UPON A CRIME. Dutton, New York, 1959. First Edition, First printing. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original cherry red cloth, trivial light soiling to boards otherwise near pristine, some very mild foxing only to outer top edge of text block pages, interior pages are clean, bright, without foxing and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, Unclipped with the original price of $2.95 on the lower first inner flap, micro-chips to extremities typical of dust jackets of this age, jacket in professional collector Brodart protector sleeve. Overall a about fine copy. Scarce signature and inscription in red ink pen on the first endpaper by pulp fiction author and comic book creator Kendell Foster Crossen. This is the third book of the 4 novel pulp fiction detective series featuring one of his most famous protagonists, Brian Brett, written by Crossen writing under the pseudonym Christopher Monig. The 1958 movie The Man Inside starring actors Jack Palance and Anita Ekberg was based on one of Crossen's novels in the series featuring his other famous character, Milo March. Crossen wrote over 45 pulp fiction novels, 300 short stories, numerous screenplays and hundreds of radio scripts under many pseudonyms including; Christopher Monig, M.E. Chaber, Richard Foster, Bennett Barlay, Clay Richards and more. Crossen was one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. As of this writing, this is the only known first edition of this title signed by author Kendell Foster Crossen on the market. Crossen was editor of the pulp fiction magazine Detective Fiction Weekly, wrote featured stories in numerous pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Startling Stories, Planet Stories and is the creator of the 1940's Golden Age comic books the Green Lama and Atoman. Classic pulp fiction, very rare collectible. 192 pgs., 8vo.
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- Librería
- Astro Trader Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1000-224
- Título
- ONCE UPON A CRIME
- Autor
- Kendell Foster Crossen (Christopher Monig) Creator of the GREEN LAMA
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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- First Edition
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- Dutton
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1959
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- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Kendell Foster Crossen, Christopher Monig, Ken Crossen, Green Lama, Atoman
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Pulp Fiction; Mystery / Crime Detective;
- Size
- 8vo.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
