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McCoy (Horace) Kiss To-Morrow Good-Bye
£125
London, Arthur Barker, 1949.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original dark pink cloth. Dust-jacket, clipped but with price ‘5s’ still present.
Classic criminous stuff from hard-boiled good egg McCoy, made into a 1950s film starring James Cagney, famously awarded the ultimate accolade “banned in Ohio”…
In stock
Cloth slightly mottled and bumped; jacket clipped to inside front flap, some edge-wear.
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