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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…
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First Editions of the first twelve Spenser Novels, all but one Signed or Inscribed by the Author (The Godwulf Manuscript, God Save the Child, Mortal Stakes,Promised Land, The Judas Goat, Looking for Rachel Wallace, Early Autumn, A Savage Place, Ceremony, The Widening Gyre, Valediction, A Catskill Eagle)
by PARKER, Robert B.
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The Godwulf Manuscript [SIGNED]
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing stated. Hard cover 8vo in brown cloth w/black titles, red topstain. Fine and unmarked book in Near Fine unclipped DJ w/ soiled, creased front panel, several tiny chips, now in clear protective cover. FLAT-SIGNED BY AUTHOR (directly onto page, using full signature) on title page. 186pp. Label of Ziegler Ross Agency (literary agents) front pastedown, Author obituary LAID-IN. FIRST Spenser mystery, only 7,500 copies of the First Edition printed.
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THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT
by Parker, Robert B. (SIGNED)
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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.
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The Godwulf Manuscript
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1974. Very nice copy in its first printing. Parker's first novel. Signed by author on tipped in bookplate to front endpaper. Brown boards with gold lettering on spine. Clean and sharp. Red topstain bright and fresh. Brown endpapers. Price intact jacket has only the very lightest wear. No tears, chips, or soiling., In mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Godwulf Manuscript
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1974. 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 along top edge. 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.
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The Godwulf Manuscript
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth. Stamped in gilt and a darker brown. Signed by Parker to the title page. An excellent copy but for a small, light stain or mark to the lower page edges. The dust jacket has an area to the upper, front with some waviness. It appears to be moisture related but there is no staining. There is foxing to the verso of the jacket. Only very minimal wear otherwise. Price of $5.95 to the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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