Shoot A Sitting Duck By David Alexander 1955 and 12 similar items
SHOOT A SITTING DUCK By David Alexander 1955 Hard Cover Stated First Printing!!!
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Binding: |
Hardcover |
Special Attributes: |
1st Edition |
Topic: |
Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller |
Year Printed: |
1955 |
Language: |
English |
Original/Facsimile: |
Original |
Subject: |
Literature & Fiction |
Publisher: |
Random House |
Author: |
David Alexander |
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More than a week ago |
Item number: |
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Item description
SHOOT A SITTING DUCK
By: David Alexander
Copyright: 1955; Stated First
Printing
Published By: Random House
This vintage first
edition Hard Cover detective book (236 pages) is in Very Good condition inside
and out. No marks or blemishes to
interior at all. Cover in good condition,
including spine ends and corners, especially for its age. The covers does show signs, on front and
back, of old tape marks from where a dust jacket (now missing) was once held in
place. Interior of this great
collectible is tight and beautiful.
Extremely
collectible in very good vintage condition!
About Book:
Broadway is his
beat.
BART HARDIN was the
rambling, gambling two-fisted editor of The Broadway Times, who starred in
eight novels back in the fifties, fondly remembered these days for, among other
things, living above a flea circus in a Times Square tenement.
The Broadway Times
was essentially a throwaway rag, covering horse racing, the fights and show
biz, and as such, gave its pugnacious, decidedly hands-on editor ample
opportunity to wander around and get involved in all sorts of jams and scrapes.
Fortunately, the
hard-drinking, hard-boiled ex-Marine, who apparently favoured flowered vests
for some reason, was more than up to the task. Over the course of the series,
Bart got involved in everything from a serial killer named "Whacko"
stalking women in the theatre district (Terror on Broadway) to drug trafficking
(Paint the Town Black). And fans of Yuletide murders that take place in flea
circuses could do worse than checking out Shoot a Sitting Duck.
The books were full
of colourful street characters, and offered a great look of the Great White Way
of that era. Among the many recurring characters was Bart's usually friendly
(but not always) rival, Lieutenant Romano of the NYPD, who had also been a
character in Alexander's other series, featuring Tommy "Twotoes" Tuthill
and Terry Bob Rooke.
Author David
Alexander was the managing editor for ten years for New York's The Daily
Telegraph, a paper that served as obvious inspiration for The Broadway Times.
He also wrote for the New York Herald Tribune and National Thoroughbred, but
what he really wanted was to write crime fiction, so he enrolled in New York's
Institue of Criminology, and was actually offered several jobs in the field.
But he stuck with fiction and wrote numerous short stories for the pulps and
digests of the time, as well as novels, which included the dark standalone The
Madhouse in Washington Square (1958), the Hardin series, and another one
featuring the exploits of Tuthill and Rooke, a detective team similar to Nero
Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
Fantastic Vintage gift for the detective
book fan or first edition collector in your life!!!!!
Your satisfaction is important to
me. Any and all questions answered, and
happy to send more pics / info etc.
Please look at my feedback and buy with confidence.
Please see my other listings for more great collectibles and books!
Happy to discount shipping for multiple wins!
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