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1. The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Cain, James M
Seller Description: First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly Signed by James M. Cain on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example, rare and desirable signed. "It is sometimes easy to trace a literary genre to its source, and James M. Cain's first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, ... See More Details
Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Very Good
Palm Beach, FL, USA
$20,007.00
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2. The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Boards are slightly soiled and near fine, with a supplied proof dust jacket which came directly from the estate of the artist Arthur Hawkins, Jr. The jacket has been folded with a crease at the spine, Knopf's small Borzoi logo has been cut away from the rear panel (possibly for another design by Hawkins), and Hawkins has written the date "1933" on the front flap, although the book wasn't released until 1934. However the jacket is exceptionally ... See More Details
1934, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Very Good
Gloucester City, NJ, USA
$10,007.00
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3. The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First edition, first printing. Original publisher's orange cloth, titles and decorations printed in blue to front board and spine, blue top stain; original black, red and white dust jacket with wavy design. Near fine book with a touch of soiling to top edge of text block, light wear to bottom edges of boards, and previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; very good unclipped dust jacket with a bit of wear to jacket flap hinges and spine ends, closed tear to ... See More Details
1934, New York: Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Very Good
New York, NY, USA
$3,007.00
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4. The Moth (Inscribed Author's Manuscript Edition in Two Volumes)
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Very Good. Inscribed by James M. Cain in blue pen on first page: "Dick: For your collection, Jim Los Angeles, Calif March 19, 1948" On title page, he adds: "Mimeographed script for checking purposes, 1 of 20. Several changes made in proof for book publicaiton." Cain has also crossed one phrase out of the first page of text using pencil. Two volumes, 8.5 x 11" format, comprising a total of 496 double spaced, single sided pages. Tan printed stiff paper covers showing some offsetting, foxing and ... See More Details
1948, James M. Cain (later Published in Hardcover By Alfred A. Knopf)
Paperbound, Very Good
Fullerton, CA, USA
$2,507.00
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5. The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Cain, James M
Seller Description: First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. "It is sometimes easy to trace a literary genre ... See More Details
Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Fine/Like New
Palm Beach, FL, USA
$1,857.00
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6. Mildred Pierce
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Original gilt stamped green cloth. Dust jacket designed by Bob Smith (unclipped; soft creases). Very good. 388 pages. No signatures or bookplates. See More Details
1941, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.
Hardcover, Very Good
Palm Springs, CA, USA
$1,857.00
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7. The Butterfly
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. First edition. INSCRIBED by James M. Cain to the esteemed cultural critic John Leonard on the front end-paper. The inscription is dated on February 11, 1969 with the place being Hyattsville at Cain's home. Less than a month later in March Leonard wrote in the New York Times Book Review of asking Cain what he made of Hollywood's adaptations of his novels, to which the author pointed to his books in the library and said they were just fine regardless how the films ... See More Details
1947, KNOPF.
Hardcover, Fine/Like New
Santa Monica, CA, USA
$1,757.00
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8. Galatea
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Jacket Design by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. Very Good+ in Good (in mylar) jacket. Hardcover. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Signed by Author Author's ink signature on ffep; This copy was once owned by celebrated novelist Raymond Chandler, whose name and address on Camino De La Costa, in La Jolla, California, is ink-stamped on the ffep, above Cain's signature; Below the author's signature is the simple ink inscription: "From B. Knopf", which may be Blanche Knopf, co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf Publishing; ... See More Details
1953, Alfred A. Knopf
Cloth, Very Good
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
$1,757.00
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9. Love's Lovely Counterfeit [Signed]
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Book. Octavo, 218 pages. In Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Orange and brown spine with a white paper design and black and orange lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$2.00 net", has moderate age-toning, mild wear along the extremities, chipping along the fore corners and edges, a large tear on the rear cover head edge, and chipping along the tail joint corners. Boards have mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, mild wear along the ... See More Details
1942, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Good
Rockville, MD, USA
$1,507.00
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10. Love's Lovely Counterfeit
by Cain, James M
Seller Description: Good. No Jacket. Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. SIGNED handsomely on the free endpage by James M. Cain. Stated First Edition. A sound First with bright red covers with strong black design and lettering, and graceful Cain initial medallion on front center. Old orange bookstore sticker on rear endpage from Gordon's Satyr Book Shop at 1620 N. Vine in Hollywood. Pages unmarked but there are a few stains on several pages. Between pages 8 and 9 there are several spots that ... See More Details
1942, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Good
ALBANY, CA, USA
$957.00
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11. Sinful Woman
by James M. Cain
Seller Description: Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our ... See More Details
1994, Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
ISBN-13: 9780745117744
Paperback, Good
Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM
$786.27
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12. The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Very Good. 1934 3rd printing February 1934 in original $2 priced jacket with lightly stained spine and edge wear. No marks, original publisher's top stain. Please email for photos. See More Details
1934, Knopf
Hardcover, Very Good
Stamford, CT, USA
$759.50
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13. The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: First edition, first printing. Very Good, lacking dust jacket. Offsetting to end papers. First 8 page leafs have a tiny tear at the side edge. Foxing to side of page block and cloth. Sunning to spine. The novel that inspired the classic 1946 film noir. See More Details
1934, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Very Good
Portland, OR, USA
$757.00
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14. Mildred Pierce
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Very Good+ Advance reading copy of the first edition. [8] 388, [2] pp. Original illustrated self-wrappers. Very Good+ with typical rubbing along spine, small tear near foot to front wrap along fold, tiny gouge to front wrap near author's name, top corner of text bumped. Publisher's blue stamp on front free endpaper, former owners' bookplate on verso with offsetting. An attractive copy in an uncommon, fragile issue of the hardboiled classic. It inspired an Academy Award-winning film in 1945. See More Details
1941, Alfred A. Knopf
Paperback, Very Good
Portland, OR, USA
$707.00
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15. Mildred Pierce
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Good. Book may contain some writing highlighting and or cover damage. Shipped fast and reliably! See More Details
2003, Impress
Hardcover, Good
Phoenix, AZ, USA
$673.67
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16. Serenade
by Cain, James M
Seller Description: First edition. Octavo, original black cloth with titles to the spine and front panel in silver. Inscribed by the author, "To Frank Whitbech, Who has more Cain first editions than Cain has and the more power to him. James M. Cain Los Angeles, Calif June 5, 1944". Bookplate of the recipient on the front free endpaper, a very good copy with light wear. See More Details
Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Very Good
Palm Beach, FL, USA
$657.00
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17. Three of a Kind
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. First edition. Very good+ copy in very good price clipped '2nd. ' issue jacket. (Stamped price of $2.50 at bottom corner of front jacket flap. Rear cover features a short essay by Cain. Gilt on spine rubbed. Exceedingly faint erasure on front end-paper. Bottom edge of cloth lightly shelf soiled. A few chips at edges of jacket. Short edge tears. ) Features the FIRST book appearance of "Double Indemnity."; 327 pages. See More Details
1943, KNOPF. NY 1943
Hardcover, Very Good
Santa Monica, CA, USA
$507.00
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18. Love's Lovely Counterfeit
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. A bit of darkening to the endpapers from the binder's glue, slightly cocked binding, near fine in a very good, modestly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket with internal tape repairs at the spine ends. Filmed by Allan Dwan in 1956 as *Slightly Scarlet* with John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, and Arlene Dahl. See More Details
1942, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Very Good
Gloucester City, NJ, USA
$507.00
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19. The Moth
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Cain on the obverse of the page listing his previously published books. Minimal shelfwear, mostly at corners, beginning toning on pastedown gutters, light green topstain with few small rubs, small raised area of cloth on front panel (appears to be due to binding glue under cloth); dustjacket with chipped spine ends and wear at corners, toning mostly at folds and flap topedges, wear on the rear ... See More Details
1948, Knopf
Hardcovers, Very Good
Fernandina Beach, FL, USA
$507.00
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20. Serenade
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Fine. Close to fine in Vg. + variant red & purple dj. (Dime-size chip at head of spine. Smaller chips at base of spine. A few tiny chips at corners & some edge tears. Spine slightly faded) Author's SECOND novel. See More Details
1937, KNOPF. NY 1937
Hardcover, Fine/Like New
Santa Monica, CA, USA
$457.00
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21. Love's Lovely Counterfeit
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Dust Jacket Included. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED) FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE, BRIGHT COPY. See More Details
1942, NEW YORK, KNOPF, 1942
Hardcover, Very Good
Palm Springs, CA, USA
$457.00
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22. The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Book. Octavo, 192 pages. In Very Good minus condition, and lacking issued dust jacket. Bound in yellow cloth with black lettering. Minor shelf wear. Soiling to spine and boards. Some age-toning to edges of textblock. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Case 6. 1372889. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. See More Details
1934, Jonathan Cape
Hardcover, Good
Rockville, MD, USA
$457.00
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23. Thomas and Beulah
by Dove, Rita
Seller Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Signed by Rita Dove on the half title, inscribed to former owner and dated June 3, 1989. 80 pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in second state dust jacket with Pulitzer mention, light rubbing, else Fine. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Dove was the second African-American person to win. See More Details
1986, Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Hardcover, Fine/Like New
Portland, OR, USA
$407.00
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24. Serenade
by James M. Cain
Seller Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket. Tiny Chip In Crown First Edition Stated. $2.50 On Flap. Excellent Copy Of The Author's Second Book. See More Details
1937, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover, Fine/Like New
Flemington, NJ, USA
$357.00
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25. Love's Lovely Counterfeit
by Cain, James M.
Seller Description: Former owner's ink signature on front free endpaper; endsheets a little darkened at gutters; otherwise a bright near fine copy in a jacket with minor edge wear. 218 [1] pp. 8vo, See More Details
1942, Alfred A. Knopf
publisher's red cloth in dust jacket., Very Good
Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA
Rochester, NY, USA
$307.00