SLOT-MACHINE KELLY: The Collected Private Eye Cases of the "One-Armed Bandit"

Lynds, Dennis (writing as Michael Collins)

ISBN 10: 193200940X / ISBN 13: 9781932009408

Published by Crippen & Landru, Norfolk, VA, U.S.A., 2005

About this Item

1st edition, so stated. Fine, unread copy in fine dust jacket. Very low print run as the publisher states that "The first printing of each book will be small perhaps 400-500 copies, divided between clothbound copies in dustjacket, and trade softcover." Dust Jacket Illustration by Tom Roberts. The 18th volume in Crippen's Lost Classic Series. Introduction by Robert J. Randisi. Thirteen stories. Contains Lynds' earliest P.I. tales, published between 1962 and 1966, and NEVER previously in book form. Lynds added prefaces to each story, explaining their signifigance in his development as a writer. He checked the final proofs a week before his untimely death, so this collection has become a memorial to the extraordinary writer who was Dennis Lynds and Michael Collins. Seller Inventory # 014740

Bibliographic Details

Title: SLOT-MACHINE KELLY: The Collected Private ...

Publisher: Crippen & Landru, Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hard Cover

Illustrator: Roberts, Tom

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

Classiic private-eye stories by a master of the genre.

About the Author:

Robert J. Randisi is the creator and author of "The Gunsmith, " the popular Western series with more than 250 novels and more than 5 million books in print, which was written under the pen name J.R. Roberts. Under various pseudonyms, he has created and written the series "Tracker, Angel Eyes, The Bounty Hunter, Mountain Jack Pike, " and "Ryder." Western novels that have appeared under his own name are "The Ham Reporter, Targett, The Ghost with Blue Eyes, Legend, " and "Miracle of the Jackal." He has also edited the Western anthologies "White Hats, Black Hats, " and "Boot Hill."