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Signed on the title page by the author, first edition, full number line. Near fine condition hardcover in fine condition dustjacket.

VG- condition mmpb, slightly curled and creased spine, tanned pages, slight dampstain to bottom edge of first several pages, 189 pp.

Signed by the author on the title page. VG+ condition softcover. "Hardboiled, but hot as a door knob after a nuclear blast. Tim Bryant's work is blessed not only with originality, but with a kind of madness that makes it one of a kind and as special and surprising as a one eyed, three hundred pound toad with a picnic basket. I love this guy's stuff. Seems to me, his success is assured." -- Joe R. Lansdale. Part TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and part UGETSU, Bryant's DUTCH CURRIDGE examines the life of early 1950s Fort Worth from the bottom up. Alvis Curridge is an ex-employee of the Fort Worth Sheriff's Department. When he isn't found at Peechie Keen's Bar & Kanteen, drinking and swapping stories with buddies, he is busy trying to Keep things in line around Cowtown. Even if that means occasionally tangling with his former boss. In his spare time, he enjoys taking in the local music scene. He likes western swing and jazz music almost as much as he likes Ruthie Nell, the spunky writer for the Fort… Read More

Near fine condition softcover, clean and unmarked, 208 pp. Originally published in 1952 by Gold Medal. "Flight to Darkness is at once a pulp fiction classic and a sly masterpiece of amnesia literature. At his best, Gil Brewer was as good as James M. Cain and Charles Williams, and this is Brewer at his absolute best." --Jason Starr, best-selling author of Panic Room

Signed by the author on the title page, "First edition. No. 2 of 17 copies dot.com edition." Near fine condition softcover with bumped foot of spine. Illustrated with many black and white drawings and photographs, 200 pp. A lyrical and surreal post-apocalyptic noir novel.

Signed on the title page by the author. First paperback edition, 266 pp.