Early Silverberg crime stories from the 1950s–60s pulp market — fast, hardboiled, unsentimental.

Case Notes

01. Collects Robert Silverberg’s early crime and noir short fiction, written for the rougher end of the magazine market before his later science-fiction reputation took over.

02. Hardboiled stories of hustlers, grifters, barflies, cheap hotels, back alleys, violence, class pressure and coded sexuality.

03. A strong crossover object: signed small-press collectible, pulp archaeology, crime fiction, queer-coded noir, and Robert Silverberg completism in one volume.

Author

Robert Silverberg is a Science Fiction Grand Master whose early career ran through crime, western, sleaze and pulp markets before his major SF work. This volume catches the hardboiled, deadline-driven side of that career.

Condition

Please see photographs for full condition details. Any notable wear is shown clearly in the images.

Quick ID

Author: Robert Silverberg
Title: Rough Trade
Publisher: PS Publishing
Year: 2017
Format: Signed slipcased hardback
Edition: Limited to 100 copies
Genre: Crime fiction / hardboiled noir / pulp short stories
Era of stories: 1950s–1960s pulp market

Keywords

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