Search Results: halo in brass by evans john

pocket book, , (first PB 1950), . 709, reading copy, damaged cover hardboiled mystery, paperback,

NY: Pocket Books, 1950. 210pp. Cover by Ludlow. Slight wear. Photos on request.. #709, Nov., 3rd Printing. Paperback. Very Good+. Mass Market.

POCKET Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST PAPERBACK DAMPSTAIN.

Bantam, 1958. First Printing. Bantam 1727. Very Good condition.

pocket book, , (first PB 1950), . 709, very good hardboiled mystery, paperback,

Author is pseudonym of Howard Browne. Paul Pine Series #3.

pocket book, , (first PB 1950), . 709, very good -fine, reading crease hardboiled mystery, paperback,

New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1950]. First paperback edition. Rubbing to spine edges, crease to lower front right corner, stress creases to covers, a very good copy. (26681). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pocket Book 709. A Paul Pine detective novel.

pocket book, , (first PB 1950), . 709, almost near fine, hardboiled mystery, paperback,

UsedLikeNew. 1950 Pocket Books paperback; no writing or tears; s

Bobbs-Merrill. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Endpage missing. Slightly dampstained. Gifter's inscription on front endpage. (mystery, crime, fiction)

GB: Foulsham, 1951. Clean tight text. Marked covers.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1949. Red cloth cover has some smudges that are visible in the right light. Top and bottom of spine lightly worn. Pages lightly browned. DJ intact and clean with edgewear, small amount of shelfwear and two small chips near bottom of spine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Pocket Books, Inc., 1950T. paperback. Good. in x in x in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Bobbs-Merrill. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth titled in gilt. Stated first edition. Ex library with library stamp to ffep and trace of black to board edges. Slightly cocked, corners softened. The DJ in mylar with $2.50 flap price intact has tape ghosts to flaps, very mild rubbing, looks to be trimmed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

1/1/1949. Hardcover w/DJ. 1st edition; dust jacket in protective mylar cover; bottom inside corner of front cover missing; edges shelf worn and chipped; red cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine; water damage to inside rear cover. G-/G-

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed and dated by Harold Browne on the title page. The third of four hardboiled novels featuring Chicago private eye Paul Pine. Browne (1908-1999) served as editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures before trading magazines for Hollywood and embarking on a successful career in television and film writing. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A file copy, with a MCA (Music Corporation of America) label on the front flyleaf. The spine is leaning just a touch. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket, with a bit of chipping to the corners and tips; else about very good.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1950]., 1950. First edition. First paperback edition. Pocket Book 709. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Fourth and last of his excellent Paul Pine novels. Fine, unread copy. Inscribed and signed, "For Howard 'John Evans' Browne. This one took seven months to finish! In fact, I gave up on it three times before I could finish it!" In addition to the growing ranks of Howard Browne collectors, Halo In Brass has been much sought by readers and collectors of lesbians, ever since Barbara Grier gave it an impressive A rating in The Lesbian In Literature. Face up across the bed lay the body of a naked woman, a sun-tan stocking twisted tightly around her neck. Detective Paul Pine investigates, taking him from rooming houses to mansions; from a night club to a world of women without men .... and to people who didn't want their secrets spread around! An exceptional copy.

[LGBTQ] [Pulp] Howard Browne writing under the pen name "John Evans." Halo in Brass. New York: Pocket Books 1950. A mass-market pulp paperback edition of the 1949 release. Cover art by Mike Ludlow depicts a blond, blue-eyed woman smoking. Tagline reads, "She expected her lover...but DEATH walked in." Halo in Brass is the third book in a series of Howard Browne mysteries. From the back: "Detective Paul Pine's routine investigation for a missing girl turns out to be a violent race with death. From rooming houses to mansions; from a night club to a twilight world of women without men... the search went on. And murder followed murder as Paul began to find out too much about people who didn't want their secrets spread around." Some chipping at top of front wrap. Vertical stress creases by spine, from where the book was opened during reading. Minor white blots on back wrap borders, not affecting back text or image. Otherwise bright and colorful covers, very good condition.

Bobbs Merrill , Indianapolis , IN , 1949 First Edition Stated 222 page Hardcover in Dust Jacket.Vintage Hard boiled mystery. Inscribed by the Author to noted bookseller , author and publisher Oswald Train with his book plate on the front paste down .A good to very good book with light edge wear, light soiling , text lightly toned, light foxing to the end papers . Book plate of noted Bookseller, author and publisher Oswald Train , in a good to very good price clipped dust jacket with dust soiling edge wear, small chips . See Photos LR4/1E