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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within.

Condition: UsedAcceptable. book.

Hardcover. Condition: new.

hardcover. Condition: VeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

hardcover. Condition: LikeNew. Remainder mark.

hardcover. Condition: New. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Library of America printing. Fine in a fine DJ.

Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition.

Hardback. Condition: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. "The most important collection of crime fiction ever published in the United States." -- Ed Gorman Evolving out of the terse and violent style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied, innovative and profoundly influential body of writing. The eleven novels in The Library of America's adventurous two-volume collection taps deep roots in the American literary imagination, exploring themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. James M. Cain's pioneering novel of murder and adultery along the California highway, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), shocked contemporaries with its laconic toughness and fierce sexuality. Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935) uses truncated rhythms and a unique narrative structure to turn its account of a Hollywood dance marathon into an unforgettable evocation of social chaos and personal desperation. In Thieves Like Us (1937), Edward Anderson vividly brings to life the dusty roads and back-country hideouts where a fugitive band of Oklahoma outlaws plays out its destiny. The Big Clock (1946), an ingenious novel of pursuit and evasion by the poet Kenneth Fearing, is set by contrast in the dense and neurotic inner world of a giant publishing corporation under the thumb of a warped and ultimately murderous chief executive. William Lindsay Gresham's controversial Nightmare Alley (1946), a ferocious psychological portrait of a charismatic carnival hustler, creates an unforgettable atmosphere of duplicity, corruption, and self-destruction.I Married a Dead Man (1948), a tale of switched identity set in the anxious suburbs, is perhaps the most striking novel of Cornell Woolrich, who found in the techniques of the gothic thriller the means to express an overpowering sense of personal doom. Disturbing, poetic, anarchic, punctuated by terrifying bursts of rage and paranoia and powerfully evocative of the lost and desperate sidestreets of American life, these are underground classics now made widely and permanently available. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Condition: New. book.

Hardcover. Condition: NEW. Clean and crisp and new!.

Hardcover. Condition: NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This copy is NEW; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight, The jacket is very good: intact , including excellent color and design, but scratches on front. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. On foreign sales, because of the heavy weight of this book, we have to charge extra for shipping: however, we will only charge the difference between our regular shipping rate and the extra charge that the U.S.Post Office asks to ship the book. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES. Hardcover.

Hardback. Condition: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. "The most important collection of crime fiction ever published in the United States." -- Ed Gorman Evolving out of the terse and violent style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied, innovative and profoundly influential body of writing. The eleven novels in The Library of America's adventurous two-volume collection taps deep roots in the American literary imagination, exploring themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. James M. Cain's pioneering novel of murder and adultery along the California highway, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), shocked contemporaries with its laconic toughness and fierce sexuality. Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935) uses truncated rhythms and a unique narrative structure to turn its account of a Hollywood dance marathon into an unforgettable evocation of social chaos and personal desperation. In Thieves Like Us (1937), Edward Anderson vividly brings to life the dusty roads and back-country hideouts where a fugitive band of Oklahoma outlaws plays out its destiny. The Big Clock (1946), an ingenious novel of pursuit and evasion by the poet Kenneth Fearing, is set by contrast in the dense and neurotic inner world of a giant publishing corporation under the thumb of a warped and ultimately murderous chief executive. William Lindsay Gresham's controversial Nightmare Alley (1946), a ferocious psychological portrait of a charismatic carnival hustler, creates an unforgettable atmosphere of duplicity, corruption, and self-destruction.I Married a Dead Man (1948), a tale of switched identity set in the anxious suburbs, is perhaps the most striking novel of Cornell Woolrich, who found in the techniques of the gothic thriller the means to express an overpowering sense of personal doom. Disturbing, poetic, anarchic, punctuated by terrifying bursts of rage and paranoia and powerfully evocative of the lost and desperate sidestreets of American life, these are underground classics now made widely and permanently available. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Still in shrinkwrap in dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. 990 pages. Ribbon marker. Includes: The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain; They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy; Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson; The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing; Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Graham; I Married a Dead Man by Cornelll Woolrich. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. very good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Both First Printing. Hi. Welcome to our small, family-owned bookstore. Two volumes of the Library of America series: Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 1940s (ISBN 1883011469) and Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s (ISBN 1883011493). Both are very like new. Clean, free of marks. Each has a page-marker ribbon. Contents: (1)The Postman Always Rings Twice; They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; Thieves Like Us; The Big Clock; Nightmare Alley; I Married a Dead Man. 990 pages. (2)The Killer Inside Me; The Talented Mr. Ripley; Pick-Up; Down There; The Real Cool Killers. 884 pages. Packaged using bubble wrap and a sturdy cardboard box. Thanks for checking out this book from our small-town brick-and-mortar and supporting small business.

hardcover. Condition: Fair.

Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!.

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This is a set of two books, American Noir of the 1930's and 1940's and American Noir of the 1950's. Contains 11 hardboiled novels from masters such as Highsmith, Himes, Goodis, Thompson, Woolrich and others. Books are Unread, still in original shrinkwrap, safe shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: new. new.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. books included are: 1. the postman always twice. 2.they shoot horses, don't they?.3 thieves like us.4.The big clock. 5. Nightmare Alley.6. I married a dead man.