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Very hard to find Dan Dunn and Tom Beatty first edition detective stories from a major collection of Whitman Publishing Books! Included in this offering are 4 original first edition detective story books published by the Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin. This set includes 4.5" x 3.5" 425 page Big Little Book Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 and the Crime Master (copyright 1937), Better Little Book book 4.5" x 3.5" 425 page Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 and the Border Smugglers (copyright 1938), Big Little Book 4.5" x 3.5" 425 page Tom Beatty Ace of The Service Scores Again (copyright 1937), and the original 250 page 5.5" x 4.75" Whitman book Tom Beatty Ace of the Service (copyright 1934). All these books are illustrated throughout with fabulous 1930's comic book style art illustrating the story. The books are all in good condition with edges and spine showing normal moderate scuffing but completely intact with no page tears and modest age- toning. While the books are all tight, they are fragile as are most of the Whitman Big Little Books of this age. You can easily pay $75 or more for any of these books by themselves at a used bookstore- great as a gift for any collector or lover of detective stories!

$135.00/set of 4