BIER FOR A CHASER
by Richard Foster
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[KENDELL FOSTER CROSSEN]. BIER FOR A CHASER. Fawcett / Gold Medal, Greenwich, Conn.,1959. True first edition Fawcett #899 with the original 25 cent price on the front cover. Condition VG. Appears unread, minor soiling to cover, spine slant, rubbing to spine corners typical of vintage paperbacks of this age, pages are clean, unmarked and binding good. Features protagonist PI detective Peter Draco. Crossen wrote over 45 pulp fiction novels, 300 short stories, numerous screenplays and hundreds of radio scripts under many pseudonyms including; Christopher Monig, M.E. Chaber, Richard Foster, Bennett Barlay, Clay Richards and more. Crossen was one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. 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. Cover art by Barye Phillips. Classic pulp fiction vintage paperback original from a major author, rare collectible. 143 pgs. 16mo.
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-958
- Title
- BIER FOR A CHASER
- Author
- Richard Foster
- Illustrator
- Barye Phillips
- Format/Binding
- Softcover / Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Fawcett / Gold Medal
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, Conn.
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 143
- Size
- 16mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kendell Foster Crossen, Christopher Monig, M.E. Chaber, Richard Foster, Bennett Barlay, Clay Richards, Barye Phillips
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulp Fiction; Mystery / Crime Detective;
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Astro Trader Books
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Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Pulp magazines
- Magazines published primarily in the 20th Century named for the cheaply produced wood pulp paper on which they were printed....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...