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THE CASE BOOK OF JIMMY LAVENDER

 by

Vincent Starrett

 

New York:  Gold Label Books, Inc., [1944].

First edition. Octavo, 351 pp., original purple cloth spine lettered in gold, original pictorial colored dust-jacket.

A collection of 12 short stories, all featuring Chicago detective Jimmy Lavender. These stories first appeared in the periodicals "Short Stories", "Real Detective Tales", and "Mystery Magazine", and are here collected in book form for the first time.

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Cloth rubbed at spine ends and tips, previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper, paper a bit age toned, dust jacket has tape repairs to the back at the hinges and folds, chips with some loss at spine ends.

A very good clean copy in good dust jacket.

 

*****

All books are from a smoke free home.

This is NOT an ex-library book.

Shipped via Media Mail in the USA.  Overseas shipments via First Class at actual cost based on weight.

Keywords:  Supernatural tales, ghost stories, science fiction, interplanetary, fantasy, lost race, detective fiction.

 Reference books: Everett Bleiler The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, and Guide to Science Fiction; George Locke  Spectrum of Fantasy, Volumes 1-3; R. Reginald Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist 1700-1974;  Hubin Bibliography of Crime Fiction.

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