Sale 2493 - 19th & 20th Century Literature, November 13, 2018

11 11 c   BLOCH, ROBERT. Psycho. 8vo, publisher’s 1 / 4 cloth; dust jacket designed by Tony Palladino, edges and folds rubbed with a few small nicks, spot of staining to front panel; cheap paper browned in margins as usual. first edition , presentation copy , signed and inscribed by the author “For Stanley Simon / Psychotically yours - / Robert Bloch.” (ESS) New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959 [600/900] 12 c   BOYLE, JACK. Boston Blackie. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial black cloth, small fray to one corner at head of spine, cloth lifting in a few places on rear board; dust jacket, corners clipped, ownership stamp to rear flap with some ink transfer to both flaps, several old tape repairs on verso and a few to recto over small nicks and short closed tears, folds rubbed; flyleaves age-toned, hinge starting at title-page, light foxing to prelims. New York: H.K. Fly Company, (1919) [700/1,000] first edition of the author ’ s only book . The source material for a host of silent films featuring the criminal-turned-detective title character. Columbia Pictures revived the series in the 1940s with Chester Morris as Blackie. Scarce in jacket. 12