Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1958
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition of Strangers When We Meet by Evan Hunter. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [4], 375pp. Teal cloth spine, title in gilt on spine, author's signature in gilt on front cover. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper, top edge dyed black, a very good example. In publisher's dust jacket, $4.50 retail price on front flap, chipping to spine, a very good example. Evan Hunter wrote many novels, primarily crime-focused, under other pen names, including Ed McBain, John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. The first edition of Meet Me At The Morgue by Ross Macdonald, with the publisher's first state dust jacket. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [8], 212pp, [4]. Yellow floral cloth, title stamped in black on the spine. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Faint sunning to the spine, small mark to rear panel, touch of dust along top edge of the text block. Internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on the front flap, a few old tape repairs to verso, label on the spine, chipping at head of the spine, a good example. This was Ken Millar's fifth book (pseudo. Ross Macdonald), a Howard Cross mystery. Dust jacket design by Bill English.