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Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, Delacorte Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First editions. Mostly fine in fine dustwrappers (see below for details). The first twelve of the approximately forty Spenser novels, one of the premiere detective series of the last quarter of the 20th Century. The series was extremely influential in the detective fiction world, incorporating an idealistic and indefatigable detective hero with an unbreakable personal code descending in a direct line from the hardboiled protagonists of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chander, and Ross Macdonald.After the first dozen Spenser novels the series, although entertaining and engaging, became increasingly formulaic. However, reading the first dozen novels in real time was a revelation. Spenser's tense interactions with his sometimes rival and sometimes friend Hawk practically crackled off the page. Condition details as follows:1. *The Godwulf Manuscript* 1974. Fine in fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Inscribed to "a collector… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. First Edition, First Issue, Inscribed and signed in full as Robert B. Parker. Full signatures on the early Spenser novels are scarce. 8vo, publisher's original tan cloth stamped in gold on the spine in brown on the upper cover and in the fully decorated and designed dustjacket with the original price and date code still present. 186 pp. An excellent copy, both jacket and book in very fine condition. FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT PARKER'S FIRST BOOK AND HIS FIRST SPENSER NOVEL IN VERY FINE CONDITION. "The Godwulf Manuscript introduces the most attractive and resourceful private investigator since Raymond Chandler's Phliip Marlowe and proves that crime in Boston can be quite as lively and sinister as crime in Los Angeles.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY ROBERT B. PARKER. A near fine copy with armorial bookplate ffep in a near fine dust jacket. Author's first book. 186 pp. A very nice copy.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 6-92630 . Fine in close to fine dust jacket. (Couple tiny edge chips in dust jacket. ) Author's FIRST book. A Spenser novel. (B) ; 5 3/4' X 8 3/4"; 186 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1973. Parker's first novel. Signed by author on title page, no inscription. Nice copy. Former owners signature neatly crossed out in blue ink on flyleaf. Price intact jacket has very small and extremely faint water stain near head of binding. Small crease at corner of front panel at top. Tight, square copy. In mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0395180112 . The author's first book. Stated first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very good in a very good (tiny chip at the crown of the spine, some age toning along the spine) dust jacket with the original $5.95 price on the front flap. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon. ; 186 pages; Signed by Author .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 186; fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, "James - Enjoy. R. B. Parker."

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (14877). Octavo, cloth. The first novel in the Spenser series.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 186pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing of the author's first book. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. No foxing or page toning. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A simply gorgeous collectable copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Author's first book, and the first Spencer novel. Uncommon. A very pretty copy with light rubbing to the front panel of the unclipped dustjacket, now protected by a Gaylord jacket protector. tw

houghton mifflin, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettered brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. The first Spenser book although he is not named. The literary descendant of Marlowe. Near fine copy of Parker's first novel..

Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Beautiful Fine Copy In Like Jacket (Without Wear) $5.95 On flap. Stated First Printing. Superb Copy of The Author's First Book. A Great Biblio-Mystery. Gorgeous Copy..

* * * MEET SPENCER * * * THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT, Houghton Mifflin, 1974, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper with a barely noticeable closed tear to the base of the rear dust-wrapper panel. The authors first book.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The FIRST Parker book, FIRST Spenser mystery."First Printing" and "C" on the copyright page. A clean, fresh book with minor edgewear & a closed 3/4" tear on bottom of front panel concealed under mylar cover. " Robert B. Parker has taken his place beside Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald."-The Boston Globe. Keywords: PARKER FICTION DETECTIVE MYSTERY SPENSER

BOSTON, MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.. 2 small closed tears to the unclipped dj. clean, unmarked copy! . VG. Hardcover. FIRST PRINTING. 1974.

1974. PARKER, Robert B. THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First edition. Ink name on flyleaf else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 1973. US First Edition, First Printing Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Two 1/8" tears at bottom of front jacket panel, and a light 1" irregular crease in the G on the front jacket panel. . Protected in clear Mylar cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions. We are always looking to buy hardcover Mysteries and Thrillers.

Bostom: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. A beauty.

* * * MEET SPENCER * * * THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT, Andre Deutsch, 1974, first English edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. The authors first book.

First UK edition, Good to Very Good book that has spine slant and slightly bowed boards, foxing to top and front edges of page block, offsetting to front and back end pages, four staple holes top corner of back end page, and with two brown spots to bottom page edges; in a Fair to Good jacket with moderate soiling, sun fade to spine, edge and corner wear, and with substantial light brown staining to flaps. Parker's first Spenser mystery.