Robert B. Parker. THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT. Houghton, 1974. 1st HC/DJ. "Spenser"!

Description: Parker, Robert B. THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. 1st edition. With “First Printing c” printed on the copyright page, which indicates that this is the correct 1st edition, 1st printing. This is NOT a book club book. This is NOT an ex-library book. Buyer beware: there were later printings of THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT that were published in this exact hardcover format and there may have been hardcover book club editions that resembled the trade editions. This is the real deal: the true 1st edition, 1st printing. SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE IMMEDIATELY TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THIS BOOK AND THIS DUST JACKET. Robert B. Parker was one of the best and most famous fiction writers in the world from 1973 through the unfortunate time of his death in 2010. He was the author of the great “Spenser” mystery/detective novels, as well as the “Jesse Stone” novels and the “Sunny Randall” novels. He also wrote several westerns and some other fiction. He was the author of THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT (Parker’s 1st book and the 1st “Spenser” book; offered here), GOD SAVE THE CHILD, MORTAL STAKES, PROMISED LAND, THE JUDAS GOAT, WILDERNESS, LOOKING FOR RACHEL WALLACE, EARLY AUTUMN, A SAVAGE PLACE, CEREMONY, THE WIDENING GYRE, LOVE AND GLORY, VALEDICTION, A CATSKILL EAGLE, TAMING A SEA-HORE, PALE KINGS AND PRINCES, CRIMSON JOY, PLAYMATES, STARDUST, PASTIME, PERCHANCE TO DREAM, DOUBLE DEUCE, PAPER DOLL, WALKING SHADOW, ALL OUR YESTERDAYS, THIN AIR, CHANCE, SMALL VICES, NIGHT PASSAGE (the 1st Jesse Stone novel), TROUBLE IN PARADISE, SUDDEN MISCHIEF, HUSH MONEY, FAMILY HONOR (the 1st Sunny Randall novel), PERISH TWICE, HUGGER MUGGER, GUNMAN’S RHAPSODY (a Wyatt Earp novel), DEATH IN PARADISE, POTSHOT, WIDOW’S WALK, SHRINK RAP, BACK STORY, STONE COLD, and, amazingly, many others. Some of the awards and award nominations that Robert B. Parker has been honored with: 1971: Robert B. Parker received a Doctorate in English from Boston University. 1974: THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT is published in 1974. It was Parker’s 1st book and it was the 1st “Spenser” book. 1977: PROMISED LAND. Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Novel (in other words, PROMISED LAND was voted the best mystery/detective/thriller of the year). 1982: EARLY AUTUMN. Shamus Award nominee for Best P.I. Hardcover Novel. 1983: CEREMONY. Shamus Award nominee for Best P.I. Hardcover Novel. 1984: THE WIDENING GYRE. Shamus Award nominee for Best P.I. Hardcover Novel. 1986: A CATSKILL EAGLE. Shamus Award nominee for Best P.I. Hardcover Novel. 1995: Robert B. Parker is honored by being named a Lifetime Achievement Award winner of THE EYE. 2002: “B.L. Stryker” episode. Robert Parker and Joan Parker are Edgar Award nominees for Best Television Episode. 2002: Robert B. Parker is honored by being named a Grand Master Award given by the Mystery Writers of America. 2006: Robert B. Parker is honored by being named an Anthony Awards Lifetime Achievement Award winner. 2008: Robert B. Parker is honored by being named a Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Clearly Robert B. Parker was (and remains) one of the best, most famous, most important, and most collectible mystery/detective/thriller fiction writers of all time. From the dust jacket: “ . . . 'Ah, so Philip Marlowe failed to take precautions; Spenser is obviously his natural son and this is one delightful book' — George V. Higgins, author of THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COLE . . . THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT introduces the most attractive and resourceful private investigator since Chandler’s Philip Marlowe and proves that crime in Boston can be quite as lively and sinister as crime in Los Angeles . . . When Spenser is hired to recover a fourteenth-century manuscript stolen from the university library, his investigations lead him to the Student Committee Against Capitalist Exploitation and to its secretary, Terry Orchard. Terry, living in a state of chronic rebellion against convention and her rich and prominent parents, will cooperate with no one representing the establishment. But when her boy friend is killed and she is framed for his murder, she call Spenser . . . Spenser’s determination to clear Terry brings him into conflict with the Boston Police — who want no interference from an insolent private eye, with the university that hired him but wants no part of a murder case, and with the Mafia. In the face of two more murders and attempts, first to frighten and then to kill him, Spenser persists, until all the truths are sold . . . “ From the rear flap of the dust jacket: “ . . . ROBERT B. PARKER teaches English at Northeastern University and lives in Lynfield, Massachusetts, with his wife and two sons. His doctoral dissertation was a study of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. He currently teaches a course on the literature of violence . . . “ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ I grade books and dust jackets: fine, near fine, very good, good, fair, and poor. I describe all faults. If you sell books on EBAY (or anywhere else), it is de rigueur not to list 1st printings of book club books as 1st editions (unless they ARE the 1st edition, which occurs only occasionally); also, a 1st edition, 7th printing, is not a 1st edition. Ex-library books must be noted as such since generally they are of little value to the collector of 1st editions. Condition is also very important to those collectors. Books and dust jackets must be described in full. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ CONDITION: A VERY GOOD book in a VERY GOOD dust jacket. The book is tight and relatively square in its medium-brown full-cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine of the book and with a large stylized “G” on the front board. The book has the correct light brown endpapers. The book has the correct publisher’s salmon-colored topstain. There is no writing in the book; no bookplates; no remainder marks (important in that this book sometimes shows up with a remainder mark on the bottom edge of the pages or with a black marker slash on the top or bottom edge of the pages). The book has a slight (not much) spine lean, as is usually the case with copies of THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT due to the fact that the endpapers were incorrectly applied in the production of copies of the book; largely unobtrusive. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and shows the correct 1st issue price of $5.95 and with the code 0174 at the bottom of the text on the front flap of the dust jacket. There are no chips or tears or wrinkles to the dust jacket. There is some rubbing to the largely white dust jacket, but less than is usually encountered. The dust jacket artwork is by the famous artist Paul Bacon, who was also famous for the artwork and design of many of the dust jackets on early Michael Crichton and Robin Cook books. A note on the photos in this listing: the photos of the dust jacket were taken while the dust jacket was encased in a protective Brodart dust jacket protector. Any apparent "smudges" or darkening or discolorations or glare is due to the reflections from the dust jacket protector. There are no flaws to the dust jacket. I decided not to remove the dust jacket from the dust jacket protector when I took the photos. I can provide photos of the dust jacket without the dust jacket protector on the dust jacket, if necessary. I use the EBAY shipping system to send out the majority of the books that I sell. Insurance is included in the shipping charges for this book that the buyer will be paying. One would assume that the buyer would want to insure this book for its correct value. A MUST FOR THE COLLECTOR OF IMPORTANT MODERN DETECTIVE/MYSTERY FICTION 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF “SPENSER” 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF ROBERT B. PARKER 1st EDITIONS! __________________________________________________________________________________________________   Additional photos are available upon request. 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