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Dope doll ; the bigamy kiss.
- Title
- Dope doll ; the bigamy kiss.
- Author
- Maconachie, William.
- Publication
- New York : Universal Publishing and Distribution Corporation, [1953]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll Pulp H37 1953 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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- Description
- 320 p. ; 18 cm.
- Series Statement
- Universal Giant ; no. G-4
- Alternative Title
- The bigamy kiss.
- Subjects
- Detective and mystery stories > New York (State) > New York
- Jazz > Fiction
- Paperbacks
- Publishers' paper bindings
- Heroine abuse > Fiction
- Crime > New York (State) > New York > Fiction
- Drug abuse and crime > New York (State) > New York > Fiction
- Pulp fiction > United States
- Erotic literature, American
- Printed wrappers
- Private investigators > New York (State) > New York > Fiction
- Genre/Form
- Erotic literature, American.
- Detective and mystery stories – New York (State) – New York.
- Printed wrappers.
- Publishers' paper bindings.
- Pulp fiction – United States.
- Note
- Steve Harrigan is a pseudonym for the British author William Maconachie.
- The anti-hero of these two novels, as well as several others by Harrigan, bears the author's pseudonym. The character is a tough-talking, street-smart, former crime reporter with an eye-patch, wealthy from good luck betting on the horses, and who enjoys the New York scene, high and low, as playboy and master sleuth.
- Dope Doll appeared originally in Britain as Champagne and Choppers! (London, Hamilton & Co., [1950?]), under the pseudonym Bart Carson, also the name of the playboy detective in that edition; The Bigamy Kiss appeared originally in Britain as Hedy-Like Wine (London, Hamilton & Co., (1950?]), also a Bart Carson novel.
- Universal Giant Book series, no. G-4.
- Two novels with initial and divisional title-pages, consecutively paginated.
- Dope Doll on p. 1-156; The Bigamy Kiss on p. 159-320; each with seaparate title page.
- Paperback, with two color-printed illustrations on front wrapper, each illustrating scene from one of the novels.
- Dope Doll illustration shows Harrigan in suit, smoking cigarette, standing over woman on bed, lying on stomach, legs and arms tied together, the back of Harragan's hand raised to strike; The Bigamy Kiss illsutration shows Harrigan holding blanket with which to cover bruised and bleeding woman, in negligee, standing in his parlor.
- Summaries of plots on back wrapper.
- "Sex and Suspense In A Savage Setting!" -- from front wrapper, on illustration for Dope Doll ; "Too Many Dames Can Ruin A Guy!" -- from front wrapper, on illustration for The Bigamy Kiss.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Call Number
- Berg Coll Pulp H37 1953
- OCLC
- 813143872
- Author
- Maconachie, William.
- Title
- Dope doll ; the bigamy kiss.
- Imprint
- New York : Universal Publishing and Distribution Corporation, [1953]
- Series
- Universal Giant ; no. G-4
- Access
- Restricted access; request permission in holding division.
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- Added Author
- Carson, Bart.Harrigan, Steve.
- Added Title
- The bigamy kiss.
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll Pulp H37 1953