Fritch Charles E Editor Brett Halliday (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine. This issue contains: Mayhem in the Magic City - a Mike Shayne adventure by Brett Halliday; The Daltonic Fireman by Edward D. Hoch; The Singer at Dawn by James M. Reasoner and L. J. Washburn; Death of a Pulpster by Mike Taylor; Sweet Violets by Michael Avalonne; Time Out for Murder by Larry Sterling; Sweet Alice by Clayton Matthews; and Don't Touch That Dial by Paul Gleeson. Size: 12mo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine. This issue contains: The Santa Claus Killer - a novelet by Mel D. Ames; Death in the Dailies by Brett Halliday. Short Stories: The Next One's for Real by Michael Scott Cain; The Bun Man by Lee Duigon; A Real Phony by Dov Ben Galil; Deadly Dancer by William Stetson; A Mother's Heart by Talmage Powell; 'Twas the Night Past the Murder - verse by Vicki Shaull Carleton; Fu Manchu Revisited - an article by Michael Avallone, illustrated by Frank Hamilton; and Mike Shamus by Fred Fredericks; along with all the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Renown Publications, Inc., 1979. The July, 1979 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, that being Volume 43, Number 7. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 130 pp. Very Good - and better than the typical VG of the series, with stiffer, brighter covers and somewhat less age toning to the pages. Small penciled "x" on front cover, and another on the contents page; touch edge wear. Zoom on scans. Sharp example of this inexpensively-produced series (see all scans). Superior spine. Firmly bound, and very readable, should you choose to do that; also collectible, in several categories. Lead story, "The Guadeloupe Caper", is by Brett Halliday, the creator of the great fictional detective after which this series is named. Other contributors include Dick Stodghill; Jerry Jacobson; Charles E. Fritch; Robert Turner; Morgan Powell; Mike Taylor; M.J. Shimmel; John Ball; and Larry T. Shaw. See scan of contents for story list. L202.