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HANGMAN'S HARVEST
by Kendell Foster Crossen (M.E. Chaber) Creator of the GREEN LAMA
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
[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 Crossen's novels in the series featuring the character Milo March. Paperback Library published all 21 novels of the series with cover art paintings by the the legendary pulp artist Robert McGinnis. Crossen wrote over 45 pulp fiction novels, 300 short stories, numerous screenplays and hundreds of radio scripts under many pseudonyms including; M.E. Chaber, Christopher Monig, Richard Foster, Bennett Barlay, Clay Richards and more. Crossen was one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. As of this writing, this is the only known first edition of this title signed by author Kendell Foster Crossen on the market. Crossen was editor of the pulp fiction magazine Detective Fiction Weekly, wrote featured stories in numerous pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Startling Stories, Planet Stories and is the creator of the 1940's Golden Age comic books the Green Lama and Atoman. Classic pulp fiction, very rare collectible. 211 pgs., 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-222
- Title
- HANGMAN'S HARVEST
- Author
- Kendell Foster Crossen (M.E. Chaber) Creator of the GREEN LAMA
- Illustrator
- Susan Foster
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kendell Foster Crossen, M.E. Chaber, Ken Crossen, Green Lama, Atoman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulp Fiction; Mystery / Crime Detective;
- Size
- 8vo
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About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Pulp magazines
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- Brodart
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- Fine
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