{"product_id":"and-sudden-death-by-cleve-f-adams-signed-to-dwight-babcock-presentation-copy","title":"And Sudden Death by Cleve F. Adams  Signed to  Dwight Babcock Presentation Copy","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.description {font-size: 16px;}.heading {font-weight: bold;}.details {font-weight: normal;}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eAnd Sudden Death by Cleve F. Adams  Signed to  Dwight Babcock Presentation Copy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eAuthors: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eCleve F. Adams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eLocation: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e(New York)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eE. P. Dutton \u0026amp; Co., Inc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eDate: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e1940\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eEdition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eFirst Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eFeatures: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eRare signature. Signed and warmly inscribed by Adams. A Presentation Copy to another pulp fiction author, \"To Dwight V. Babcock, that Prince Charming of contemporary writers, that Brummel of the portrait studios, that most comfortable of friends. [signed] Clive F. Adams, September 19th - 1940.\" Stated First edition. Publisher's orange cloth, spine and cover lettered black. Pictorial dust jacket. The author's second mystery and second Rex McBride hard-boiled detective novel, follows \"Sabotage\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eBook Condition: \u003c\/span\u003eNear Fine: A very firm square signed copy. Bright cloth with some fraying to the cloth at upper corner tip.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eDust Jacket Condition: \u003c\/span\u003eGood: The dust jacket is quite nibbled with an almost two-inch loss to spine bottom and several inch-wide or less open tears to corners and edges. Original $2.00 price intact. Protective clear cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eNotes: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eNot famous like his friend Raymond Chandler but with his own brand of hard-boiled detective story. Adams died suddenly in his early 50s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eHCX8502-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Heartwood Books and Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44009759572079,"sku":"HCX8502-1","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/1291\/4287\/files\/57_2cfc4eeb-0bd1-4b01-8db2-5d0da7476186.jpg?v=1766521451","url":"https:\/\/heartwoodbooksandart.com\/products\/and-sudden-death-by-cleve-f-adams-signed-to-dwight-babcock-presentation-copy","provider":"Heartwood Books and Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}