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Title: [B]Fifty-to-One[/B]
Author: Charles Adai
Artist: [FONT=Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Dust jacket by Glen Orbik[/SIZE][/FONT]
Publisher: Subterranean Press
ISBN: [B]?[/B]
Year: 2011
State: Deluxe Traycased Edition 1/50 Issue price $750
Comments: From Subterranean Press: "[FONT=Arial, Helvetica][SIZE=-1][B]Celebrating 50 Years of Hard Case Crime![/B]
Okay, not really. But what if, instead of having been founded 50 books ago, Hard Case Crime had been founded 50 years ago, by a rascal out to make a quick buck off the popularity of pulp fiction? Such a fellow might make a few enemies—especially after publishing a supposed non-fiction account of a heist at a Mob-run nightclub, actually penned by an 18-year-old showgirl. With both the cops and the crooks after them, our heroes are about to learn that reading and writing pulp novels is a lot more fun than living them…
[I]Fifty-to-One[/I] will feature a full color signature page, plus full color endsheets depicting the 49 previous books in the Hard Case Crime Series,
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[XFLOAT=left; max-width:300px]http://www.thedarktower.org/custom/images/1322598821-Fifty-to-One%20Cover.jpg[/XFLOAT][TR][TD]Title:
[/TD][TD] FIFTY-TO-ONE
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Author:
[/TD][TD] Charles Ardai
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Artist:
[/TD][TD] Dust jacket by Glen Orbik
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Publisher:
[/TD][TD] Subterranean Press
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]ISBN:
[/TD][TD] 978-1-59606-236-8
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Publication Year:
[/TD][TD] 2011
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]State:
[/TD][TD] Deluxe Traycased Edition 1/50
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Issue Price:
[/TD][TD] $750
[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Comments:
[/TD][TD] [B]Limited:[/B] 500 numbered copies signed by the author [B]Deluxe:[/B] 50 copies, custom bound in a different cloth, housed in a handmade traycase
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[I]Fifty-to-One[/I] will feature a full color signature page, plus full color endsheets depicting the 49 previous books in the Hard Case Crime Series,
 
In addition, each chapter of Fifty-to-One bears the title of a previous Hard Case Crime book, including such gems as [I]Lucky at Cards[/I] ([B]Lawrence Block[/B]), [I]Lemons Never Lie[/I] ([B]Richard Stark[/B]), [I]The Colorado Kid[/I] ([B]Stephen King[/B]), and [I]Gun Work[/I] ([B]David J. Schow[/B]), among others.
 
In addition, each chapter of Fifty-to-One bears the title of a previous Hard Case Crime book, including such gems as [I]Lucky at Cards[/I] ([B]Lawrence Block[/B]), [I]Lemons Never Lie[/I] ([B]Richard Stark[/B]), [I]The Colorado Kid[/I] ([B]Stephen King[/B]), and [I]Gun Work[/I] ([B]David J. Schow[/B]), among others.
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[I]Fifty-to-One[/I] will be available in two unique editions: 500 cloth bound copies signed by the author, Charles Ardai, and a deluxe limited edition of 50 lavishly bound copies, housed in a handmade traycase, with over twenty full-color signature pages for most of the Hard Case Crime Authors, each hand-tipped front of the chapter that bears the title of one of their books.
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[I]Fifty-to-One[/I] will be available in two unique editions: 500 cloth bound copies signed by the author, Charles Ardai, and a deluxe limited edition of 50 lavishly bound copies, housed in a handmade traycase, with over twenty full-color signature pages for most of the Hard Case Crime Authors, each hand-tipped front of the chapter that bears the title of one of their books.
 
[B]Limited:[/B] 500 numbered copies signed by the author
 
[B]Limited:[/B] 500 numbered copies signed by the author
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[B]Deluxe:[/B] 50 copies, custom bound in a different cloth, housed in a handmade traycase
Thus far the following authors have agreed to sign the fifty copy deluxe edition:
-- Richard Aleas/Charles Ardai
-- Lawrence Block
-- Ken Bruen
-- Max Allan Collins
-- John Farris
-- Christa Faust
-- Allan Guthrie
-- Pete Hamill
-- Russell Hill
-- Stephen King
-- John Lange
-- Peter Pavia
-- Max Phillips
-- David J. Schow
-- Seymour Shubin
-- Domenic Stansberry
-- Donald Westlake
-- Jason Starr [B]One final note:[/B] Half of the profits from the deluxe edition will be donated to The Haven Foundation."
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[B]Deluxe:[/B] 50 copies, custom bound in a different cloth, housed in a handmade traycase Thus far the following authors have agreed to sign the fifty copy deluxe edition:
-- Richard Aleas/Charles Ardai-- Lawrence Block-- Ken Bruen-- Max Allan Collins-- John Farris-- Christa Faust-- Allan Guthrie-- Pete Hamill-- Russell Hill-- Stephen King-- John Lange-- Peter Pavia-- Max Phillips--DavidJ.Schow-- Seymour Shubin-- Domenic Stansberry-- Donald Westlake
- Jason Starr
[B]One final note:[/B] Half of the profits from the deluxe edition will be donated to The Haven Foundation.


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