Homicide for Hannah (Murder Mystery Monthly #10) by Babcock, Dwight V - 1943

Avon Books. New York: Avon Publishing Co. , . 68 reading copy ,poor 1945 Cover by Paul Stahr. paperback,

avon book, , (Reprints Avon 68), . 332, very good , (MYSTERY NOVEL), paperback,

avon book, , (Reprints Avon 68), . 332, very good -fine, , reading crease (MYSTERY NOVEL), paperback,

New York: Murder Mystery Monthly, Avon. Good. 1943. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Murder Mystery Monthly #10; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages; 1943 Murder Mystery Monthly, Avon. Digest sized paperback in glazed color pictorial covers. 1st paperback edition, published as Murder Mystery Monthly #10 by Avon in 1943, after the 1941 1st edition. Soundly bound and complete but with rubbing and wear to cover edges and surfaces, stress creasing to corners and surfaces. Expected light/moderate general toning to page stock. Features hard boiled female detective Hannah Van Doren. Good only at best .

Avon Books. New York: Avon Publishing Co. , . 332 near fine 1951, paperback,

Avon, 1951. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0.

Avon Books. New York: Avon Publishing Co. , 1945 first edition . 68 very good -fine, reading crease Cover by Paul Stahr. paperback,

New York: Knopf, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Bookstore inkstamp on rear endaper. Some rubbing at bottom extremities else very lightly used copy in an excellent facsimile dust jacket. This detective novel marks the second appearance of the character Hanna Van Doren, the first female hardboiled detective in American literature. As Babcock depicts her: “You wouldn’t guess it from looking at her - because she had the face of an angel - but Hannah Van Doren thrived on murder.” The timing of Ms. Van Doren’s debut on the literary scene is interesting, as it comes at the beginning of World War II when many women were assuming the professional roles that had been left behind by the departed soldiers.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941., 1941. First edition. First edition. Inscribed in ink by the author on the front free fly leaf prior to publication, to Black Mask editor Joseph T. Shaw: "To Captain Joe / Who is greatly responsible for whatever merit there is in this book / In appreciation and with warmest regards / Dwight / January 7, 1941." Attractive burnt orange colored cloth with a minor bump to top front corner, front and rear endpapers lightly tanned, else a near fine bright copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine, with light wear to the spine ends, corners and extremities. This is the author's first novel and it is set in California and the first of three he'd write featuring tough-as-nails true crime reporter Hannah Van Doren. "Kirby was just an ordinary fellow who wanted to be left alone. But they found a corpse in his apartment, and the finger was on him. So he set out to get the killer, and with him went Hannah, one of the most fascinating… Read More