SPILLANE, Mickey
[Manuscript]: One Lonely Night
Original manuscript of the fourth Mike Hammer novel. 253 typed pages printed rectos only: 246 pages of text paged 1-240, with 6 additional pages inserted, plus 7 pages of preliminary matter. Spillane's deletions are substantial, his changes and corrections are numerous, on nearly every page, and are virtually all in his hand (there are a few copy-editor's or typesetter's corrections as well). Signed twice by the author and dated 27 September 1950 (the novel was published in 1951). Near fine, the top sheet, as usual, exhibiting the most wear. Hammer finds a ring of Commies and kills them by the score (literally, at one point dispatching 40 by machine gun!). Housed in a full morocco clamshell case.
[BTC #277306]
