Mickey Spillane — The Deep

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this gritty crime drama from American author Mickey Spillane, in the yellow variant dust wrapper. First edition. With the original unclipped yellow variant dust wrapper. Chaos erupts in the Brooklyn underground when big-time gangster Bennett is shot. He leaves his whole outfit to his old buddy Deep, with the condition that Deep must find Bennett's killer and avenge his death. Written by Frank Morrison Spillane, better known as Mickey Spillane, an American crime novelist. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.