THE GREEN LAMA: Double Detective: April. Apr. 1940 (reprint: Pulp Classics #14 by The Green Lama (Kendell Foster Crossen; Frederick C. Davis) - 1976

[KENDELL FOSTER CROSSEN]. ( M.E. CHABER PSEUDONYM). HANGMAN'S HARVEST. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1952. First Edition, First printing. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original brick red cloth, trivial light soiling to boards, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, Unclipped with the original price of $2.50 on the upper first inner flap, micro-chips and creases to extremities typical of dust jackets of this age, jacket in professional collector Brodart protector sleeve. Overall a about fine copy. Scarce signature and inscription on the first endpaper by pulp fiction author and comic book creator Kendell Foster Crossen. This is the very first book of the 21 novel pulp fiction detective series featuring one of his most famous protagonists, insurance investigator Milo March, written by Crossen writing under the pseudonym M.E. Chaber. The 1958 movie The Man Inside starring actors Jack Palance and Anita Ekberg was based on one of… Read More

[KENDELL FOSTER CROSSEN]. ( CHRISTOPHER MONIG PSEUDONYM). ONCE UPON A CRIME. Dutton, New York, 1959. First Edition, First printing. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original cherry red cloth, trivial light soiling to boards otherwise near pristine, some very mild foxing only to outer top edge of text block pages, interior pages are clean, bright, without foxing and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, Unclipped with the original price of $2.95 on the lower first inner flap, micro-chips to extremities typical of dust jackets of this age, jacket in professional collector Brodart protector sleeve. Overall a about fine copy. Scarce signature and inscription in red ink pen on the first endpaper by pulp fiction author and comic book creator Kendell Foster Crossen. This is the third book of the 4 novel pulp fiction detective series featuring one of his most famous protagonists, Brian Brett, written by Crossen writing under the pseudonym Christopher Monig. The 1958 movie… Read More

[KENDELL FOSTER CROSSEN]. ONCE UPON A STAR. Henry Holt, New York, 1953. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original dark green cloth, titles, author on spine stamped in silver, light residual age-toning from dust jacket and scattered light foxing to endpapers, minor rubbing to extremities of boards mostly to spine corners, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Unclipped with the original price of $2.95 on the first inner flap, micro-chips and creases to extremities typical of dust jackets of this age, jacket protected in professional collector Brodart mylar sleeve. Scarce signature and inscription on the first endpaper by author Kendell Foster Crossen. Featuring protagonist Manning Draco, this is the only fix-up novel connecting all four stories of the series first featured in the 1951-1952 Thrilling Wonder Stories pulp magazine: The Merakian Miracle; The Regal Rigellian; The Pollution Pretender; The Caphian Caper. Crossen… Read More

[KENDELL FOSTER CROSSEN]. ( CHRISTOPHER MONIG PSEUDONYM). ABRA-CADAVER. Dutton, New York, 1958. First Edition, First printing. Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, in publisher's original blue cloth, mild age toning to endpapers otherwise boards near pristine, some very mild foxing only to outer top edge of text block pages, interior pages are clean, bright, without foxing and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Unclipped with the original price of $2.95 on the lower first inner flap, micro-chips, closed micro-tears, creases to extremities typical of dust jackets of this age, jacket in professional collector Brodart protector sleeve. Overall a about fine copy. Scarce signature and inscription on the first endpaper by pulp fiction author and comic book creator Kendell Foster Crossen. This is the second book of the 4 novel pulp fiction detective series featuring one of his most famous protagonists, Brian Brett, written by Crossen writing under the pseudonym Christopher Monig. The… Read More