About this title: Ralph Carson and Mona Matthews are movie extras and roomates. After Mona curses out a judge during a friend's trial, she and Ralph are introduced to Hollywood society. Ralph is taken in by the ruthlessness and corruption, while Mona serves as his conscience to guide him against the temptations of success.
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Books
Date Published: 1951
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very Good Copy. Text is white, bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Spine is square and has creasing and wear. 144p., 18 cm. Originally published, Knopf, 1938. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: N.Y. : Berkley No. 328, 1955, 1st Printing
Description: Photo Cover. Very Good. ----------paperback, Very Good, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
ISBN-13:9781852424022ISBN:1852424028
Description: Fine. 1852424028 First Edition, First Printing. FINE softcover book in wraps as issued. As New. Unread. NOT marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT remaindered. NOT faded. NOT book club edition. NOT ex-library. PRISTINE. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation, New York, NY
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. (1955) 128 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled and a bit rubbed. Leaves age toned. Still a nice copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781852424022ISBN:1852424028
Description: Acceptable. EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Edition: First Paperback Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet Books-New American Library, New York
Date Published: 1951
Description: Very Good+ 144 pp. Signet book 884. Some rubbing on the edges and corners with a small crease on the front panel near the spine. Flat uncreased spine. Not store stamped. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Inc
Date Published: 1938
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME by Horace McCoy. Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1938. Binding: Hard CoverDust Jacket: No Jacket. NOTES: Stated First Printing. Showing exterior wear, there appears that a bookplate or pocket was removed from front endpaper, otherwise contents are overall clean and tight with no owner markings. Images available upon request. Please email us with any questions. read more
Edition: 1st UK ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arthur Barker, London
Date Published: 1938
Description: Ex-lib hardback (no dustjacket). Ex Boots Library-remains of label on back fixed end paper & shadow label mark on front board; cloth on spine foxed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Inc
Date Published: 1938-01-01
Description: VG- in G- jacket. 1938 Alfred Knopf 1st edition (stated) hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in great condition. Yellow cloth over board covers have minor edge and corner rubbing. Spine is clean with bold text. Dust jacket is in fair condition with moderate edge and corner wear. Jacket spine is heavily faded. Jacket has overall age tone and is price clipped. Jacket has a couple of internally taped repairs. Pages are clean with some age tone and binding is solid with a slight tilt. A very nice ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1938
Description: Very Good in Fair jacket. 12mo (5 1/4" x 7 5/8"), yellow cloth w/reddish brown lettering & ornamentation on spine, top edge reddish brown, 235 pp. + [1]. Minor soiling to cloth binding; fading to spine; dj rubbed, chipped at extremities, soiled, "reinforced" w/tape on reverse; remnants of bookseller's sticker on front flap. From dj flap: "In the course of this moving and frightening story Mr. McCoy gives us glimpses of the whole range of Hollywood life--its parties and night clubs, its ... read more
Edition: 2nd(cheap)ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Methuen, London
Date Published: 1939
Description: VG hardback in Good dustjacket. Feps browned; inscrip on ffep; spine slightly bumped; dust jacket a little worn at edges, with loss to back flap. Faint biro marks on dust jacket front panel-scribble on yellow band & letters of title lightly filled-in. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arthur Barker Ltd., London
Date Published: 1938
Description: Very Good in Poor jacket. 12mo (5" x 7 3/8"), tan cloth w/dark-blue lettering on spine & front board, 221 pp. + [1]. One corner of front board lightly bumped; offsetting to endpapers; pages lightly tanning; price-clipped dj tanned, torn & heavily chipped. UK edition of the author's third book (published same year as the American). read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: KNOPF., NY
Date Published: 1938
Description: Very good+ copy in a priceclipped Vg. dj. (1&1/2"-inch chip at crown of spine on dj. Spine is also faded, but most of the title & author's name remain perfectly readable. Ghost impression from a removed bookplate on front pastedown) McCoy's Hollywood novel. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1995. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
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