Bombay Mail by Blochman, Lawrence G - 1951 first edition

NY: Dell, 1946. [1st printing, Mar. 1951] #488. Mapback. Cover art by Robert Stanley. Rear has been wet several pages deep with waviness and rear cover scarring; stress; creasing; lean; tanning. Reading copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Reading Copy.

Dell Paperback #488 CONDITION: g-.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1951 first edition . 488 , very good -fine , reading crease, Cover by Robert Stanley. , paperback,

Little, Brown and Co. Boston, 1934 A near fine copy bound in the original black pebbled cloth with red stamped cover illustration and titling. FIRST EDITION. The binding is clean and unworn, the text is unmarked. The yellow pictorial dustwrapper is lightly soiled with a few very small closed tears and a stain about 2 inches long on the back lower panel at the fold in. On the dust wrapper is an original sticker with a quote from the New York Times Book Review. $2.00 price intact on flap.

Boston: Little Brown, 1934. First Edition of the Author’s First Mystery. Signed presentation copy from Lawrence G. Blochman. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: “For Betty Bryner, Who had a finger in the making of this book, and who, until she read it at least was a friend of the author. Lawrence G. Blochman. Universal City, Feb. 6, 1934.” Inscribed during the making of the film adaptation of Bombay Mail by Universal Pictures starring Edmund Lowe as Inspector Dyke. Near fine copy with a bit of edge wear and some minor rubbing to the cloth at the top of the spine in a fine bright facsimile dust jacket. A detective story set against the mystery, pageantry, and exotic landscape of India.

New York: Julian Messner, 1934. First Edition of the Author’s First Mystery. Signed presentation copy from Lawrence Blochman to writer, Max Miller. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: “For Max Miller, whose delightful flair for the oblique and implied tale may prevent his reading such blatantly direct journalese as this is without a trace of nausea, but who does agree that books make swell ornaments; from Lawrence G. Blochman who used to be an old waterfront coverer himself. Los Angeles, Jan, 30, 1934.” Mr. Blochman’s inscription refers to Max Miller’s novel, I Cover the Waterfront, which was made into a film directed by James Cruze, starring Claudette Colbert and Ben Lyon. Near fine copy with a bit of edge wear in a very good slightly dust soiled dust jacket with some slight fading to the spine and a few small chips and tiny tears. A detective story set against the mystery, pageantry, and exotic landscape of India.