Boston Blackie by JACK BOYLE ~ First Edition 1919 ~ 1st Original Jacket

Description: Boston Blackie by Jack Boyle First edition, first printing in jacket of a crime novel that inspired radio and TV adaptations New York: The H.K. Fly Company Publishers, 1919. 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.

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Author: Boyle, Jack; W.H.D. Koerner [Illustrations

Publisher: The H.K. Fly Company Publishers

Year Printed: 1919

Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Original/Facsimile: Original