Buy this book on-line CAVE, PETER: : MAMALONDON.NEL,MARCH 1972. ISBN 450009815.
UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back original,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Trade paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published simultaneously as the HB edn,but paperback originals are published prior to any other format in the country of its origin and sometimes,even worldwide.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Publisher's original,bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,and with glossy,novel's character's portrait colour photographic illustrated front card cover with white+ red lettering,lightly sunned/faded spine/ backstrip with b/w NEL logo at head and white lettering and NO reading creases - other than both covers' concomitant fold/ crease when opened,black background to rear cover with short story precis and thumbnail b/w photograph of 'CHOPPER' - a prequel title in the series - book's front cover; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,rubbing or creasing to edges and corners, no nicks,splits or tears or any other significant loss present.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal and as these 'pulps' are all prone to - but without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean with some minimal and faint page-edge toning, otherwise solid - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Possible residual fluid stain and wrinkling to signatures lower edges backstrip area.UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn,5-127pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters includes an epilogue; plus [unpaginated - i.e. unnumbered] half-title+title pages,and a b/w illustrated advert for forthcoming 'History of Raiways' publication.
An acceptable condition example of the 'pulp' novel of it's time,particularly as a 1st edn.A highly collectable ephemeral item in it's contemporary style and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon.
CHOPPER may be dead but his girl lives on.A motorcycle groupie becomes Queen of the Hell's Angels.
Peter Leslie Cave (b.1940 - a.k.a Petra Christian.) also wrote five TAGGART stories/ novels (1983-1994) and contributed to 3 'New Avengers' series titles - 'House of Cards.' (1976),'The Cybernauts.' and 'Hostage.' (both 1977).6th title sequentially in this biker series.An uncommon title,particularly as a 1st edn.
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