{"product_id":"the-long-wait-mickey-spillane-2nd-impression","title":"The Long Wait, Mickey Spillane — 2nd Impression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1953\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 207.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The publisher's original blue cloth boards remain remarkably clean and sharp, with bright orange stamping to the spine and only trivial pushing to the spine ends. The binding is square, tight, and firm. Internally, the pages are largely clean, though there is typical age-related foxing and uniform toning to the text block edges. The unclipped dust jacket (retaining the 9s. 6d. net price on the front flap) presents very well but exhibits moderate edge-wear, rubbing to the extremities, and minor chipping at the spine ends and corners. The jacket's original lamination shows some slight lifting, peeling, and wrinkling in places, a common characteristic of British wrappers from this era, yet the front panel remains striking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is an early UK printing of Spillane's standalone thriller, stated as \"Reprinted March 1953\" on the copyright page, following the true first British publication by Arthur Barker earlier that same year. Originally published in the United States by E. P. Dutton in 1951, this edition features the dramatic and moody photographic dust jacket artwork that characterises Arthur Barker’s distinctive \"Museum Street Thriller\" series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly hardcover printings of his work complete with their original dust jackets are becoming increasingly uncommon on the open market. These robust, hardboiled thrillers were heavily circulated and often read to pieces, making survivors in collectible grades a welcome find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Johnny McBride is run out of the gambling-obsessed town of Lyncastle after being framed for murder, he spends five long years plotting his return. But when a hard-nosed stranger named George Wilson suddenly arrives in town looking for answers, the corrupt local syndicate quickly realises that the past isn't as dead as they had hoped. Gritty, fast-paced, and brimming with the hardboiled cynicism that made Mickey Spillane a titan of mid-century crime fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Wait\u003c\/i\u003e is a relentless tale of vengeance, shifting identities, and brutal back-alley justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54566003507539,"sku":"5028","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260809_192346.jpg?v=1786519017","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-long-wait-mickey-spillane-2nd-impression","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}