Item #008485 Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s. James M. Cain, Cornell Woolrich, William Lindsay Gresham, Kenneth Fearing, Edward Anderson, Horace McCoy.

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s

New York: Library of America, 1997. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #008485

Full burgundy cloth. Burgundy ribbon marker. 989 pp. Long perforation to foot of front cover of dust jacket, and scuff to foot of front board from same cut. Else fine. 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. Contents: The Postman Always Rings Twice; They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; Thieves Like Us; The Big Clock; Nightmare Alley; I Married a Dead Man.

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