New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1950. First Edition. The Edgar Award-winning author's sixth novel, basis for Roy Ward Baker's 1952 film noir Don't Bother To Knock, starring Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft in her film debut, and Marilyn Monroe in her first leading dramatic role. Hubin, p.14; The Dark Page, Vol.II, pp.4-5..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First Edition. Cain's third novel, a story of "the great American institution that never gets mentioned on the Fourth of July, a grass widow with two small children to support" (Hoopes, p.305). Basis for the 1945 film noir directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Joan..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1934. First Edition. A significant copy of this uncommon baseball-themed mystery novel, basis for Edward Sedgwick's 1934 film of the same name, starring Robert Young, Mickey Rooney, and Madge Evans. OCLC notes 12 holdings for the first edition. Hubin, p.143. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm);..... More
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1943. First Edition. First edition of Hammett's "novel" comprised of two stories - "The Big Knockover" and "$106,000 Blood Money" - in which the Continental Op "sets out to find the gang that robbed the Seaman's National Bank of several million dollars, and does battle..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1942. First Edition. Pseudonymous novel by Cornell Woolrich, first serialized in the pages of Detective Fiction Weekly. A waking nightmare of a novel: "A man quarrels with his wife, goes out and picks up a woman in a bar, spends the evening with her, and comes home..... More
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1990. First Edition. Sharp copy of the first installment in Lansdale's East Texas series featuring Hap Collins (Liberal White bad-ass) and Leonard Pine (a Black, gay, Republican Vietnam vet). Basis for Sundance TV's popular mini-series Hap and Leonard. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); red cloth, with..... More
New York: Lion Books, 1954. First Edition. An early Thompson paperback (his tenth), centered around a hotel bell-boy, a femme fatale, and a cast of seedy characters working at a big city hotel. Basis for the 1996 film "Hit Me," written for the screen by Denis Johnson and starring Elias..... More