The Hard-boiled detective : stories from Black mask magazine, 1920-1951

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION, Vintage Books #V-309, published January 1977. First Edition, First Printing, so stated, no previous hardcover. Edited and with an introduction by Herbert Ruhm. Contents The False Burton Combs by Daly, C. J., The Road Home by Collinson, P., The Gutting Of Couffignal by Hammett, D., Kansas by Davis, N., Take It Or Leave It by Nebel, F., Goldfish by Chandler, R., Angelfish by Dent, L., Legman by Gardner, E. S., Once Around The Clock by Coxe, G. H., The Turkey Buzzard Blues by Constiner, M., It's So Peaceful In The Country by Brandon, W., Killer Come Home by Hamlin, C., Big-Time Operator by Fairman, P. W., and Five OClock Menace by Fischer, B. Original 2.45 cover price. Paperback, 396 pages, 18 cm. Daly, C. J. The false Burton Combs. Collinson, P. The road home. Hammett, D. The gutting of Couffignal. Davis, N. Kansas. Nebel, F. Take it and like it. Chandler, R. Goldfish. Dent, L. Angelfish. Gardner, E. S. Leg man. Coxe, G. H. Once around the clock. Constiner, M. The turkey buzzard blues. Brandon, W. It's so peaceful in the country. Hamlin, C. Killer come home. Fairman, P. W. Big-time operator. Fischer, B. Five o'clock menace.