My Gun is Quick (Inscribed first edition)
- SIGNED
- New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. Inscribed on the upper flyleaf by Mickey Spillane. Publisher's brown cloth boards stamped in red. Small midcentury bookplate to upper pastedown. Some toning to edges of boards and to endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket bright and attractive overall despite some chipping to edges and corners. A Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket.
Mickey Spillane debuted the character of Mike Hammer, a hard-boiled and ruthless private detective, in his 1947 novel I, the Jury. The character returns in My Gun is Quick, the second Mike Hammer mystery, to uncover a prostitution ring in New York. The novel was adapated for the screen in 1957 as a film noir crime thriller directed by Victor Savile and starring Robert Bray. Near Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
Mickey Spillane debuted the character of Mike Hammer, a hard-boiled and ruthless private detective, in his 1947 novel I, the Jury. The character returns in My Gun is Quick, the second Mike Hammer mystery, to uncover a prostitution ring in New York. The novel was adapated for the screen in 1957 as a film noir crime thriller directed by Victor Savile and starring Robert Bray. Near Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.