SHULMAN, Irving

The Amboy Dukes

New York: Doubleday, 1947. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Taupe pictorial cloth, titled and decorated in maroon on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 273pp. Small sticker shadow on rear pastedown, else a tight, clean copy, about Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), slightly creased and worn with a small loss at base of spine; Very Good.

Shulman's celebrated debut novel, set in the violent milieu of Jewish street gangs in Brooklyn. Adapted for the 1951 film noir The City Across the River, which featured Tony Curtis in his screen debut. Dark Page p.226. HANNA 3206.

Price: $250.00

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