Collection of (40+) vintage hardcover mysteries and thrillers, many inscribed and signed to George Christy. ...

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Collection of (40+) vintage hardcover mysteries and thrillers, many inscribed and signed to George Christy. (1950s-1990s) A collection of (40+) vintage hardcover mysteries and thrillers with original dust jackets by masters of the genre. Signed and inscribed titles include A Graveyard for Lunatics by Ray Bradbury, Sole Survivor and Dark River of the Heart by Dean Koontz, The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker, While My Pretty One Sleeps and The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories by Mary Higgins Clark (both books contain handwritten correspondence by Clark to Christy), The Pelican Brief by John Grisham, Riding the Rap by Elmore Leonard, The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane (includes Christy's original notes from his 1989 interview with Spillane), The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum, The Devil's Alternative by Fredrick Forsyth (includes Christy's original notes from his 1980 interview with the author), Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice, Harmful Intent by Robin Cooke, White Shark by Peter Benchley, Deadfall by Patti Davis (including Christy's original interview notes with the Davis), Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker, (7) titles by Joseph Wambaugh (many with handwritten correspondence by the author to Christy) and (2) copies of Comstock Lode by Louis L'amour. Additional books include vintage printings of novels by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and first and second editions with dust jacket of Chandler's Killer in the Rain. From the personal collection of Hollywood journalist and book critic George Christy.

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