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Light toning of textblock, faint foxing on edges; else clean and unmarked. Jacket has chipping at head of spine and top edge of rear panel, edgewear; else intact. Collects True Crime stories of insurance fraud, originally published in the Weekly Underwriter newspaper. Uncommon in jacket
Insurance Thrillers
New York: Underwriter Printing and Publishing, 1932.
Price: $125.00
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Book is very nice indeed--very fresh, clean tight square and unmarked. Jakcet has a touc of wear at extremities, else intact. Nice period art. Set in San Francisco, features Rex McBride LA PI. Adams, an early member of the American hard-boiled school, Though compared to Chandler, his characters were much tougher and more cynical. Nice copy.
Up Jumped the Devil
Adams, Cleve
New York: Reynal and Hitchcok, 1943.
Price: $125.00
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Sticker residue on endpaper, faint dampstain on jacket flaps and rippling of last 20 pages, else a solid copy, pressents quite nicely overall. Hard-boiled story featuring Rex McBride. Scarce
The Crooking Finger
Adams, Cleve
New York: Reynal and Hitchcok, 1944.
Price: $95.00
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Light wear to lower board edges, mild textblock toning; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has light wear to extremities, two closed tears, else intact. Cocaine smuggling and a "razzle dazzle" redhead. A contemporary of Raymond Chandler, Adams was a member of the Black Mask School of hard-boiled crime fiction.
Contraband
Adams, Cleve
New York: Knopf, 1950.
Price: $25.00
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Faint splash stain on endpaper and boards; else clean, square and unmarked. Jacket has 1/4" loss at head of spine rubbing on folds, wear on extremities, light soiling else intact. Adams, a member of the Black Mask School of hard-boiled crime ficition, wrote three titles under this pen name A story of political corruption featuring Bill Rye.
Death is Like That
Adams, Cleve Writing as John Spain
New York: Dutton, 1943.
Price: $50.00
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The Death of Daddy-o
Alexander, David
London: T. V. Boardman American Bloodhound, 1960.
Price: $35.00
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A touch of foxing on edges, two small chips on spine ends, else a flawless copy, with creepy, atmospheric jacket art. Features Tommy Twotoes, eccentric millionaire and penguin fancier, PI Terry Rooke, and a prizefighter who was murdered twice. Greenwich Village settings. Though preceded by US, a much more interesting edition. Cited in 1001 MIDNIGHTS by Pronzini and Muller
Murder in Black and White
Alexander, David
London: Hammond, Hammond and Company, 1954.
Price: $35.00
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Light stain and price sticker on FFE; else bright, clean square and unmarked. White lettering on jacket has darkened; else bright and intact, not price clipped. Features Bart Hardin, managing ediitor of the Broadway Times. New York city settings. Praised by Pronzini and Muller in 1001 MIDNIGHTS. Nice copy. Jacket by Hoffman
Paint the Town Black
Alexander, David
New York: Random House, 1954.
Price: $35.00
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Light general wear, mild toning of textblock; else clean square and unmarked. Jacket slight loss on spine ends and corners, several 1/8" chips, soiled rear panel; else clean bright and intact. Features Bart Hardin, newspaperman with a Manhattan beat. Nice Denis McLoughlin jacket art.
Hush-A-bye Murder
Alexander, David
London: T. V. Boardman American Bloodhound, 1958.
Price: $40.00
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Price clipped jacket and an touch of fading to spine; else a flawless copy. Features Broadway journalist Bart Harding and Lt Romano who tackle a Christmas Eve murder on the Great White Way. Hard-boiled tale set in Manhatten. Sharp copy
Shoot a Sitting Duck
Alexander, David
New York: Random House, 1955.
Price: $50.00
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Ownership signature, moderate toning, faint stains on endpapers; else clean and unmarked. Jacket spine faded, price clipped; else clean and intact. Bart Hardin
Dead, Man, Dead
Alexander, David
New York: Lippincott, 1959.
Price: $15.00
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Signed by Algren on the FFE. Textblock mildly toned,; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket is toned, price clipped, fraying at spine ends, slight loss on head of spine; else intact. Second state jacket with reviews on rear panel. Algren's third book a collection of short pieces depicting life in the Chicago slums and his WWII experiences. Solid copy of fragile volume
The Neon Wilderness
Algren, Nelson
New York: Doubleday, 1947.
Price: $195.00
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Bruccoli A-4.1.a. Signed by Algren on the FFE. Textblock slightly age toned, slight offsetting on cloth of boards; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. White jacket is age darkened, 1/4" loss at head of spine, shallow chip on front panel, scrape on spine; else intact, $3.00 price present on front flap. Blurbs from Chicago Sun and Tribune on rear panel, NO mention of National Book Award on front panel. Considered to be Algren's best work, winner of National Book Award and basis for move starring Frank Sinatra. Heartbreaking story of gambling and heroin addiction.
The Man with the Golden Arm
Algren, Nelson
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1949.
Price: $325.00
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Bruccoli A2.1.a. Laid in is Algren's bookplate with his trademark cat drawing. Textblock lightly toned, else clean, square, tight and unmarked, perhaps unread. Jacket has light edgewear, a small narrow chip on the front panel, a touch of fade to spined else clean andd and intact. Algren's second novel, a heartbreaking story of Chicago's Polish underclass. Cited in THE RADICAL NOVEL IN THE UNITED STATES by Rideout.
Never Come Morning (with Algren Bookplate)
Algren, Nelson
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1942.
Price: $650.00
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Some fading to boards, toning to textblock; else clean, square and unmarked. First state jacket is toned, rubbed rear panel, 1/2" chip at head of spine, loss at base of spine, edgewear. Algren's third book a collection of short pieces depicting life in the Chicago slums and his WWII experiences.
The Neon Wilderness
Algren, Nelson
New York: Doubleday, 1947.
Price: $85.00
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The Man with the Golden Arm
Algren, Nelson
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1949.
Price: $50.00
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A Walk on the Wild Side
Algren, Nelson
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
Price: $10.00
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Price clipped jacket has very mild edgewear, slight textblock toning else a flawless copy. A pre WWII novel of espionage and intrique. Subject for excellent 1943 Film Noir of the same name starring Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles. A very collectable copy, uncommon in this condition.
Journey Into Fear
Ambler, Eric
New York: Knopf, 1940.
Price: $850.00
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Remnants of bookplate on FFE, price sticker residue on RFE, light soiling of boards; else clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket has spine faded heavy wear adn chipping on spine ends. First novel by the author of hard-boiled classic THIEVES LIKE US. Poignant Depression era novel of lives of hoboes. Proletarian themes, cited in THE RADICAL NOVEL by Rideout .
Hungry Men
Anderson, Edward
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1935.
Price: $65.00
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Ownership signature, mild toning; else clean, square and unmarked; boards very clean. Classic noir tale and subject of two films, They Live by Night (1949) and Thieives Like Us (1974), the later directed by Robert Altman. Supplied by high quality FACSIMILE Jacket. Solid copy
Thieves Like Us
Anderson, Edward
New York: Stokes, 1937.
Price: $125.00
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