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Glasgow : Muir-Watson, [ca.1950]. First edition. Poppy Delmore has the looks and likes luxury – but her Hollywood screen-test revealed her to be completely unphotogenic. Now a secretary in San Francisco, she is invited to supper by her married boss. “With every sinew in his rock-like prose”, Nat Karta “hammers home the story of a world where greed is the staple diet and lust the flavouring”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; a few very minor marks, nicks and creases; mild rusting to staples; text lightly tanned in places, but still a very good copy of a scarce and fragile title. Just a single copy (Lilly Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

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Glasgow : Muir-Watson, [1952?]. First edition. The second in the Dana Dallas series – “This episode in his career took place before he became a private eye. Which goes to show that the first fight any guy has in this life is the one with himself”. This Nat Karta is known to have been written by Norman Lazenby (with thanks to Tom Lesser for information on that point).
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – an all-action scene – man, hat, gloves, gun; smiling redhead in lilac on the floor clutching a note; suspicious looking type in a red shirt in denial; a little marked; some wear and creasing; staples a little rusted; some spotting, mainly of edges, but a good copy of a book of this type. Book Centre stamp on upper cover; stamps and inked price of the Popular Book Centre, Shepherds Bush Road, on half -title. Contemporary (1953) ownership inscription of R. Love. Just two copies (Lilly and National Library of Scotland) located in major libraries worldwide.

£50

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Glasgow : J. Watson, [1943]. First edition. Two stories from James Watson – “One of Our Aircraft is Missing” and “Twins”, and two from John Watson – “Workmates” and “Hogmanay”. I take the latter to be the John Watson who founded the Muir-Watson publishing house in Glasgow after wartime service in the R.A.F. – here with a first attempt at publishing.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 16pp. Original stapled wrappers; a few marks; staples rusted through; but a good copy of a scarce title. Just a single copy (British Library) traced in major libraries worldwide.

£25

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Glasgow : Muir-Watson, [1951]. First edition. Small-town beauty Topaz Gellhart surrenders herself to an itinerant artist and now knows she must experience little old New York. Meanwhile, Jek Arminos, New York gang boss, drives pretty Sally Armour to suicide.
Crown 8vo (18cm). (128)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; some light marks, some creasing, and a little wear, but a better than usual copy of a Muir-Watson publication. Just two copies (Bodleian & National Library of Scotland) found in major libraries worldwide.

£75

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