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Soft cover. Etat : Good Plus. Clean mass-market paperback in good plus condition; mild shelf wear and rubbing.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. Reprint. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Quill Books. SOFTCOVER. 1984. REPRINT, FIRST Printing of original 1948 edition. AS NEW, bound in original mustard yellow glossy pictorial stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Featuring Private Eye Paul Pine. Stored in Archival sleeve.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. Steve Macanga; (illustrateur). First Thus. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Steve Macanga. Book.

Paperback. First Edition. First editions from this publisher. Halo in Blood is near fine with two faint creases to front cover. Halo for Satan is fine. Both feature private eye Paul Pine. ; Small octavo.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Browne (signed as Howard "John Evan" Browne) on the front free end paper. The fourth Paul Pine novel. ".feature[s] Chicago private detective Paul Pine, one of the best of the plethora of tough-guy heroes from that era. Although the Pine novels are solidly in the tradition of Raynond Chandler, they have a complexity and character all their own and are too well crafted to be imitations." - Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 96-97. [Reference: Hubin, p. 270]. Light damp stain to upper edges of early leaves, cloth is a bit grubby and gold lettering to front and spine dulled and tarnished, a good copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the corner tips. (30814).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Signed inscription by Browne; "For---/ widely known and admired/ by someone!/ Howard Browne/ 4/16/88." Signed again by Browne on the title page. An uncommon book to find, more so signed by the author. [Reference: Hubin, p. 270]. A very good minus copy, some light spots to covers, some rubbing to spine edges, some fading and discoloration to spine in a very good minus dust jacket, rubbing to folds, some loss to spine ends and corners. (9842).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Browne (signed as Howard "John Evan" Browne) on the front free end paper. The fourth Paul Pine novel. ".feature[s] Chicago private detective Paul Pine, one of the best of the plethora of tough-guy heroes from that era. Although the Pine novels are solidly in the tradition of Raynond Chandler, they have a complexity and character all their own and are too well crafted to be imitations." - Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 96-97. [Reference: Hubin, p. 270]. Small circular stain to lower front cover, light wear to cloth at lower corner tips, a very good or better copy in a very good dust jacket with wear at the corner tips with minor loss to upper tips and a closed tear to the lower front tip, tiny closed tear to lower front panel, light wear to spine ends with a tiny chip at the upper left front corner at spine, the verso of the corners and spine ends have tape stains. (25258).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Browne on the front free end paper, signed again on the title page. The third Paul Pine novel. ".feature[s] Chicago private detective Paul Pine, one of the best of the plethora of tough-guy heroes from that era. Although the Pine novels are solidly in the tradition of Raymond Chandler, they have a complexity and character all their own and are too well crafted to be imitations." - Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 96-97. [Reference: Hubin, p. 270]. Inked name and date below authorial inscription on front free end paper, some black stain to edge of free end papers and to lower edges of covers, likely from an older jacket protector, otherwise a nearly fine copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear to the upper front panel and stress creases to the spine panel. (25259).