Boston Blackie
- New York: The H.K. Fly Company Publishers, 1919
New York: The H.K. Fly Company Publishers, 1919. First edition. First edition. [ii], 318 pp. with illustrated plates. Bound in publisher's black cloth with dark orange stamping. Near Fine with subtle lean to spine, light wear, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with small chips to spine ends, rubbing to spine panel and edges, two tiny indents to spine as well. An attractive example of the rare dust jacket.
The first in a popular series of crime novels featuring the titular jewel thief and safecracker, who became a detective in various radio and film adaptations. He was famously described as an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend" in those adaptations.
Details
Title
Boston Blackie
Author
Boyle, Jack; W.H.D. Koerner [Illustrations]
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
The H.K. Fly Company Publishers: New York
Date
1919
Edition
First edition