DUKE, Hal Ellson, 1st PB edition, Rudolph Belarski cover

Popular Library #219. The 1949 first paperback edition of Hal Ellson’s first novel, a key book in the “J.D.” (Juvenile Delinquency”) sub-genre. Cover by pulp-magazine stalwart Rudolph Belarski. Ellson was a New York-based social worker who worked with troubled, institutionalized youths and fictionalized their exploits for his shocking stories. Condition: Very Good Plus. Minor handling wear, light soiling to back cover.

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