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Author: Parker, Robert B.
Title: Three signed limited editions of works by Robert B. Parker
Place Published: Various places
Publisher:
Date Published: Various dates
Description:

3 volumes. Includes:

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  The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler. Red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. No. 15 of 50 deluxe specially bound signed and numbered copies. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1984. First Edition.


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  The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler. Black decorative cloth, spine lettered in gilt.. No. 15 of 500 signed and lettered copies. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1984. First Edition.


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  The Violent Hero, Wilderness Heritage and Urban Reality: A Study of the Private Eye in the Novels of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald. Black wrappers, paper cover label. Facsimile edition of Parker's 1971 dissertation. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1983.

The Lord John Press editions are both signed by Parker on the author's page at front of volume. The Violent Hero is inscribed on the first blank page by Parker to Herb Yellin, proprietor of Lord John Press: "Herbie, do you need any help with the big words? Robert B. Parker."

Both Lord John Press editions are near fine or better, with some light rubbing to leather and corners; the third volume has a vertical crease along the cover and first two leaves; very good.