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Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0803980221.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0803980221.…

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 990 pages. James M. Cain?s pioneering novel of murder and adultery along the California highway, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), shocked contemporaries with its laconic toughness and fierce sexuality. Horace McCoy?s They Shoot Horses, Don?t They? (1935) uses truncated rhythms and a unique narrative structure to turn its account of a Hollywood dance marathon into an unforgettable evocation of social chaos and personal desperation. In Thieves Like Us (1937), Edward Anderson vividly brings to life the dusty roads and back-country hideouts where a fugitive band of Oklahoma outlaws plays out its destiny. The Big Clock (1946), an ingenious novel of pursuit and evasion by the poet Kenneth Fearing, is set by contrast in the dense and neurotic inner world of a giant publishing corporation under the thumb of a warped and ultimately murderous chief executive. William Lindsay Gresham?s controversial Nightmare Alley (1946), a ferocious psychological portrait of a charismatic carnival hustler, creates an unforgettable atmosphere of duplicity, corruption, and self-destruction. I Married a Dead Man (1948), a tale of switched identity set in the anxious suburbs, is perhaps the most striking novel of Cornell Woolrich, who found in the techniques of the gothic thriller the means to express an overpowering sense of personal doom. Clean copy. Record # 401027. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Book has minor wear. SIGNED by Mickey Spillane and Ed Gorman. A nice copy. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***. Signed by Author(s).

Periodical. Zustand: Good. (Vol. XIII; No. 49). [Good only, with heavy external wear, rubbing/scuffing/soiling to covers; internally clean]. If any issue of The American Mercury can be described as "literarily star-studded," this would probably be it, with contributions from Sinclair Lewis ("The Man Who Knew Coolidge"), Jim Tully ("A California Holiday"), and a relative newcomer to the scene, James M. Cain. Cain's contribution, "Trial by Jury," was only the fifth time his work had appeared in the Mercury, and like the previous pieces (usually referred to as "dialogues") it took the form of a brief dramatic playlet -- in this case on a serious topic, the trial of a man accused of murdering a Ku Klux Klansman. Jim Tully was already a well-established literary celebrity at the time and his ironically-titled article here is one of his most famous, recounting his visit to San Quentin prison, where he witnessed an execution by hanging. The Lewis story, "The Man Who Knew Coolidge," was actually the first section of his novel (of the same name) that would be published in April of that year. Also in this issue: Mencken's editorial, on the subject of lawyers. ("The sad thing about lawyers is not that so many of them are stupid, but that so many of them are intelligent. The craft is a great devourer of good men; it sucks in and wastes almost as many as the monastic life consumed in the Middle Ages.") There's also a longish article about the work of James Branch Cabell, by the novelist Joseph Hergesheimer, as well as theatre criticism by George Jean Nathan (discussing the theatre of Max Reinhardt, John Galsworthy's "Escape," and "'Coquette' and the Sex Plays"); and an article, "The Railroads at Bay," by Charles Angoff.…

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

octavo paperback; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Issue containing James M. Cain's "An American Authors' Authority," and others. Very good with some soiling and fading to wraps, else clean.

Zustand: New. 978-0-8039-8022-8. CAIN, M., ED.: GROWING UP GOOD. POLICING THE BEHAVIOUR OF GIRLS IN EUROPE. 1989 SAGE PUBLICATIONS 332 gr.

Zustand: New.

First Edition. Large octavo (25.75cm.); original green card wrappers printed in blue and black, yapp edges; xxiv,127,[1],xlviiipp. Wrapper extremities a bit chipped and worn, else Very Good and sound. Includes James M. Cain's short play "The Hero.".

Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. (Vol. II, No. 5). [a decent, clean copy, with some browning at the edges]. The lead article in this issue is "Just What is A.A.A.?" by James M. Cain. Well, it was the American Authors' Authority, a concept that was being pushed hard by Cain and others at the time; it proposed setting up a central copyright repository that would cover all professional writers -- novelists, playwrights, poets and screenwriters -- to improve their bargaining position with publishers and producers, track rights and royalties (like ASCAP does for music), represent writers in legal disputes, and lobby for more favorable copyright and tax legislation. Not surprisingly, it ignited a firestorm of opposition from both inside and outside the literary world (with some politicians, in a presaging of the HUAC hearings, claiming that it was a commie plot), and had been shot down by the end of 1946. Also in this issue: "SWG -- Trade Union or Writers' Protective Association?" by Philip Dunne; "Want to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge?" by Howard Dimsdale & Guy Endore, a discussion of the concept of public domain; "Problems of the Outdoor Action Writer," by Jack Natteford & Luci Ward; "Re: ' Coming of Age '," by Lester Cole, a response to an earlier article by screenwriter Mary McCall Jr., hashing over some of the controversies about screenwriters' wage scales during the formation and early years of the SWG; "Opinion and the Motion Picture," by Richard G. Hubler. The "Editorial" section discusses the AAA situation, ending with the Executive Board's promise "to keep you informed on the more sprightly and imaginative of the current rumors in forthcoming issues of this magazine." Under the heading "S.W.G. Bulletin" is the text of a couple of resolutions passed by the Guild related to the then-current Hollywood labor dispute, and the ttext of a press release about the Authors' League and the AAA. There is also an extensive section of excerpts from the press regarding the AAA controversy.…

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

saddle_stitch. Zustand: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.