Nov 13, 2018 - Sale 2493

Sale 2493 - Lot 12

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
BOYLE, JACK. Boston Blackie. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner. 8vo, publisher's pictorial black cloth, small fray to one corner at head of spine, cloth lifting in a few places on rear board; dust jacket, corners clipped, ownership stamp to rear flap with some ink transfer to both flaps, several old tape repairs on verso and a few to recto over small nicks and short closed tears, folds rubbed; flyleaves age-toned, hinge starting at title-page, light foxing to prelims. New York: H.K. Fly Company, (1919)

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first edition of the author's only book. The source material for a host of silent films featuring the criminal-turned-detective title character. Columbia Pictures revived the series in the 1940s with Chester Morris as Blackie. Scarce in jacket.