SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006). Kiss Me, Deadly. Guilt Edged Mystery. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952. 8vo. 251, [5, blank] pp. Publisher?s full brick red buckram, spine stamped in silver, publisher?s unclipped (?$2.50?) dust jacket (spine lightly toned, some light rubbing to spine and corners, some offsetting to endleaves, lightly skewed; jacket toned, edgeworn with some light chipping and some marginal tears, some soiling). Good. FIRST EDITION OF THE SIXTH MIKE HAMMER NOVEL. This hard-boiled novel is the basis of the controversial film of the same name (1955) directed by Robert Aldrich, which was added to the National Film Registry in 1999.