Dick Tracy Ace Detective ~ based on the comic strip by Chester Gould. Neither the story or the art are by Gould. Whitman Publishing Company, 1943. Hardcover in original dust jacket, 248 pages plus advertisements, illustrated in black and white. The pulp paper in this book has deeply yellowed as is typical for the series. There is an original gift inscription on the front flyleaf and about a three inch split in the front hinge. Despite this the book and binding are solid. The dust jacket is good to very good with some edge chipping. Very nice overall. Jacket is now protected in Mylar.

• Whitman Authorized Edition #2381

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