THE HARD-BOILED OMNIBUS: Early Stories From Black Mask.

First edition in book form. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge greenA lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($3.00 to the lower front flap).

An unusually attractive example of this collection of 15 stories, chosen from early issues of Black Mask magazine by its esteemed editor Joseph T. Shaw.