About this title: Disturbing, poetic, anarchic, punctuated by terrifying bursts of rage and paranoia, and powerfully evocative of the lost and desperate back alleys of American life, these underground classics are being made permanently and widely available for the first time in a groundbreaking two-volume collection from The Library of America. This volume ...
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Edition: Uncorrected Proofs
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Library of America
Date Published: 1997
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proofs: 11 stories from the two-volume set. Very slight edgewear, faint scratches on rear cover. 42 pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Library of America
Date Published: 1997-09-01
ISBN-13:9781883011468ISBN:1883011469
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781883011468. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Library of America
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781883011468ISBN:1883011469
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Library of America, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781883011468ISBN:1883011469
Description: Fine. No Jacket. First printing thus. James M. Cain, Cornell Woolrich, Kenneth Fearing and others. Red cloth binding, red/gilt titles at spine, ribbon bookmark. No DJ as issued. In tan slipcase. Book and slipcase both fine. With Library of America precis laid in. 990 pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Full Cloth
Publisher: Library of America, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781883011468ISBN:1883011469
Description: As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The book and dust jacket are both brand new with no remainder mark. This copy is still sealed in the original publishers shrink wrap. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Library of America, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781883011468ISBN:1883011469
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Burgundy cloth binding, gilt titles, ribbon bookmark. Presumed first thus. Contains James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Edward Anderson's Thieves Like Us, Kenneth Fearing's the Big Clock, William LIndsay Gresham's Nightmare Alley and Cornell Woolrich's I Married a Dead Man. Unread and as new in pub's shrinkwrap. read more
Description: [1-883011-46-9] 1997. (Hardcover)...Fine in dust jacket.......Still sealed in original shrink-wrap....Contributors include Edward Anderson (Thieves Like Us), James M. Cain (The Postman Always Rings Twice), Kenneth Fearing (The Big Clock), William Lindsay Gresham (Nightmare Alley), Horace McCoy (They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ), Cornell Woolrich (I Married a Dead Man)....(Mystery) read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Library of America, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781883011468ISBN:1883011469
Description: Fine. No Dust Jacket as Issued. Burgundy Cloth Covered Boards. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (10), 990, (8) pages. This is the issue sold only to Library of America subscribers. The book is in as-new condition in the ivory-colored slipcase that is also as new. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Library of America
Date Published: 1997
Description: Very Good+ Red cloth hard cover, ex library but with no marks to cover or spine. Adhesion blemish on endpapers. Has library stamp on endsheet. Interior very clean and tight. Library name on bottom and top edges.; 1.3 x 8.1 x 4.8 Inches; 990 pages. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: LIBRARY OF AMERICA
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781883011468ISBN:1883011469
Description: New. This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1950s, presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir... read more
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Description: Good. 1883011469 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"I'm a big fan of the Library of America and was intrigued to see this (and it's companion volume covering the '50's) title released. I found it interesting that an organization that is, by their own description, "dedicated to preserving America's best and most significant writing" would choose to explore a style that was often the province of low-budget serials. It seems that the novels contained in this book are not examples of "America's best ... writing", at least in the conventional sense. The face that all of these novels were adapted for film at least once lends weight to the argument that they qualify as "significant writing".
All of the six novels held my interest, with "The Big Clock" and Nightmare Alley" being the high points for me. I was slightly put off by the casual racism that is present in the stories, although I'll allow that it is probably a reflection of the attitudes of an earlier time and that certain words have acquired a racist charge that may have been absent (or less pronounced) when they were written."
"I'm through the first four stories, and Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and Kenneth Fearing's The Big Clock have already earned it five stars. The Postman Always Rings Twice and Thieves Like Us are solid fours."
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