Snarl of the Beast

by Carroll John Daly

$175 · Offered by Royal Books

First edition

New York: Edward J. Clode, 1927. First Edition. Lacking the rare dust jacket.In the early days of the seminal pulp magazine Black Mask, writer Carroll John Daly was the first to publish a story in the hard boiled vernacular, virtually inventing the style. He was followed months later by Dashiell Hammett, but for some time remained the magazine's number one selling author. His popularity legendarily changed the

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