Mystery And Detective Fiction from Philip Smith, Bookseller

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG hardcover, no dustwrapper. 8vo, [xii]+272pp, grey cloth stamped in blue-green and black. Presumed first printing, elegantly designed and printed by Knopf. Unmarked copy with a vintage lending library label to front pastedown and the original jacket flap copy pasted to the front… Read more about this item

New York: Avon Publishing Co., Inc, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 12mo, 192pp, printed wrappers. A very nicely preserved copy of this classic 1948 Avon paperback edition of Paul Cain’s hardboiled masterpiece. Cover slightly crooked, minor reading crease to cover and fray at base of spine, distributor's letters to top edge, very… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in VG+ dustwrapper. 8vo, x+262pp, pink boards with black cloth spine stamped in metallic dark pink. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author to a personal friend on the title page. Stated First Printing. Author's second novel. Dustwrapper is not price-clipped and has minor wear to extremities.