THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE [AUTHOR-SIGNED FIRST PRINTING]

Evan Hunter

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1954

About this Item

309 pages; Evan Hunter was a prolific American author and screenwriter. Though he was a successful and well-known writer using the Evan Hunter name, he was perhaps even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction beginning in 1956. Width: 6" Height: 8.75". Though he was a successful and well-known writer using the Evan Hunter name, he was perhaps even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction beginning in 1956. Width: 6" Height: 8.75". Author-signed first printing of this novel. The author's signature appears on the title page. This volume is bound in gray and red paper-covered boards with black lettering to the spine and a facsimile of the author's signature in the lower right corner of the front cover. The book shows light shelfwear. The binding is firm. The interior is clean and without markings. The intact dust jacket, with price of $3.50 on the front flap, displays light shelfwear, with minor loss at the top/bottom of the spine panel. A very small nick appears in lower left corner of rear panel and in the upper right corner of the front panel. The rear panel has a photograph of the author. The jacket design is by Guy Fraumeni. The jacket is preserved in mylar cover with a taped label. ; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 35584

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE [AUTHOR-SIGNED FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)