Grew William William O'farrell (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Grey "tweed" cloth with black lettering. Tape ghosts to boards and pastedowns. Hint of edgewear. Small smudge to front endpaper, text is otherwise clean and bright, tanned. Unclipped DJ with $2.50 price shows uneven sunning, minor edgewear, tape ghosts to reverse of jacket. "The scene is set in New York City. Alan Patterson, handsome, brilliant, and successful, was the paragon of junior executives, but he made two tragic mistakes: he befriended Lily Hanson, a startlingly beautiful young girl, in Schrafft's because she needed a good meal, and he underestimated Merle Jenkins, his office boy and a petty thief with psychopathic tendencies." (from the jacket).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good plus. Good only. First Edition, First Printing. Green boards with title stamped in black onto spine, small 8vo 7-3/4" tall, pp. 190, "FIRST EDITION" stated on copyright page. Volume with light tap to bottom corner of upper board, spot of fade to head of spine matching DJ chip, text edges toned, a few stray pencil marks to one page and p.o. name ffep. Unclipped DJ is faded and toned with rubs, short closed tears and chips to spine ends. Author's only Crime Club entry under this pseudonym (three other titles under his real name) and published in C.C.'s 25th anniversary year with the DJ art work by Robert Cato. Ref. Nehr, p. 338; Carty, p. 90.…