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Edited and with an Introduction by James M. Cain For Men Only, A Collection of Short Stories
Cleveland, Ohio USA The World Publishing Company, Forum Books Edition 1944 First Printing January 1944 Hard Cover Good No Jacket
Gray cloth on boards. Volume is worn on the edges, through to the boards on the corners, the two top corners are quite worn. Browned pages, starting to get brittle. Now in protective cover. From the introduction: " An annual collection of short stories, in which we have included tales of an earlier vintage, possibly familiar to you but those that have passed the test of time." 1. Alexander Wollcott, Histoire de France; 2. Ernest Hemingway, The Undefeated; 3. W. Somerset Maugham, The Vessel of Wrath; 4. James T. Farrell, Twenty-Five Bucks; 5. John O'Hara, Coffee Pot; 6. Irvin S. Cobb, Snake Doctor; 7. Ring Lardner, Alibi Ike; 8. Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Lodge; 9. John Steinbeck, The Harness; 10. John Collier, Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives; 11. Irwin Shaw, Triumph of Justice; 12. Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie's Mary; 13. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Four Fists; 14. Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter; 15. Ben Ames Williams, The Man Who Looked Like Edison; 16. Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia; 17. Jack London, Semper Idem; 18. Dorothy Parker, Big Blonde; James M. Cain, The Girl in the Storm
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15.00 USD
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Cain, James M. Mignon
New York, NY, U.S.A. The Dial Press 1962 First Edition Hard Cover Good Fair
Red marbled design paper on boards, black cloth on spine. 246 pp. Volume is worn on all edges, bottom front corner lightly bumped. Looks lightly soiled from handling. Jacket is worn, torn, creased and scratched, and has small pierces missing here and there. Now in clear cover. "Mignon Fournet, is a beautiful young widow who, with her father, has come to New Orleans at the close of the Civil War in the hopes of improving their war-reduced fortunes. But the risky trade in contraband cotton has landed her father in jail and Mignon at the hotel room door of Bill Cresap. Cresap, recently discharged from the Union Army, for wounds received in battle, has arrived in New Orleans to start a business with a friend. Reluctantly, but irrevocably, Cresap is drawn into the intrigues and dangers which engulf the irrepressible Mignon. From gaudy New Orleans, the scene shifts up-river to the bloody Red River battle. There, the personal and military dramas are joined. Cresap, in the turbulent actions which follow, finds himself not only involved in the intrigues of desperate men, but the passions of two beautiful women. In an explosion of violence and tragedy, the novel reaches its inevitable climax." " 'Treason,' says Mr. Cain, 'doesn't invite my interest, at least as a narrative theme, being so stark it defies exploration. But its close relative, cheating just a little bit, fascinates me. Sometimes it even manages to seem quite praiseworthy, which is where the trouble really starts.' "
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20.00 USD
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