A Depression drifter, Dick bums his way from Oklahoma to Los Angeles in search of his son and runaway wife. There he commits one crime, plans another, and gets arrested for something he didn't do. He is befriended by a lush and crazy procession of crooks, shysters, rueful temptors and unstable saints. You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up was a bestseller when originally published in 1938. Like the work of Hammett, Cain, and Horace McCoy, it is gritty and intensely readable. With a new introduction by famed Simpsons ...
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A Depression drifter, Dick bums his way from Oklahoma to Los Angeles in search of his son and runaway wife. There he commits one crime, plans another, and gets arrested for something he didn't do. He is befriended by a lush and crazy procession of crooks, shysters, rueful temptors and unstable saints. You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up was a bestseller when originally published in 1938. Like the work of Hammett, Cain, and Horace McCoy, it is gritty and intensely readable. With a new introduction by famed Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
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VG/VG+ 224 p. 1951 paperback edition from Dell (#510), a Mapback. VERY GOOD TO VERY GOOD PLUS, wear is mostly to the spine, especially the edges. Victor Kalin cover art. A classic, and SCARCE!
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BOOK NEW. JACKET FINE. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. This edition is a complete photographic reprint of the scarce first edition published in 1938 written by the author of Lassie, Come Home using the pseudonym Richard Hallas. GIFT GIVING CONDITION.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0839826532. New edition of this classic first published in 1938. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (Sticker ghost on front jacket flap. Trace of faint shelf wear to jacket. )
