Books by Cain James

Mild wear to boards and toning; else clean an unmarked with solid binding. Cain's second novel, written after THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. Opera, film making and bullfighting themes. Mexico, Hollywood and New York settings. Solid reading copy. ... more information

New York: Penguin Books Inc.,. [1947]. pictorial wrappers.. Some color fade, else a fine copy. (#127764). First paperback edition. Penguin #621. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1937. First Edition. Author’s second novel. Near fine copy with a trace of rubbing to the cloth at the spine and with silver stamping still gleaming without dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Penguin Books Inc.,. [1947]. pictorial wrappers.. Some wrinkles to lamination, a fine copy. Appears unread. (#127671). First paperback edition. Penguin #621. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1937. First. First edition. Rubber ownership stamp on the front fly and the top and bottom edges, corners and ends of the spine worn, else very good without dustjacket. . ... more information

SERENADE, Cape, 1938, first English edition ( 2nd printing ), vg+ in a vg dust-wrapper with several closed tears. ... more information

[Los Angeles]: Warner Bros., [1956].. 20pp. Folio. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Heavily illustrated. About fine. Original campaign pressbook for Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts and John Twist's unsuccessful film adaptation of Cain's novel, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Vincent Price, etc. ... more information

London: Jonathan Cape, [1938]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. Some faint spotting to page edges otherwise a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, with a few tiny chips at corners but with virtually no fading to the pink lettering on the spine panel. An unusually nice example of the English first. ... more information

1937, stated 1st, signed and inscribed by Cain on fep to Roy (&Cora) Hoopes journalist and Cain biographer, black cloth with silver gilt, no dust jacket, spine cocked, corners and spine ends worn, interior is clean, hinge cracked in a few places.... more information

Knopf, 1937. Book. Very Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very fine copy.Owners stamp on front pastedown.Ink name.Very goog jacket.Loss at crown and heel. Couple of minor chips top back panel.Author's Rare Second Book.Nice copy.. ... more information

Cleveland:: World,, 1946. Very Good++. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY JAMES M. CAIN. Three novels in one book. A Very Good++ hardback Stated First Reprint Edition with mild cover edge wear. Dust Jacket in Very Good+ condition with short closed tears, mild creases, mild sun spine, mild chips. 8vo. 258 pp. ... more information

SERENADE, Knopf, 1937, first edition, a bright vg+/near fine copy in a bright most attractive vg+ dust-wrapper. ... more information

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1937. First edition. 8vo. Title page vignette by W.A. Dwiggins. 314, [2] pp. Black cloth, silver gilt decoration by W.A. Dwiggins. Fine in near fine dust jacket designed by Dwiggins as well (spine panel slightly faded with stain at head). Bookplate . Cain's second novel, with autobiographical roots, and in a beautiful Dwiggins design ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. First Edition. Boldly SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket is the red variant, quite bright, with a bit of color fading on the spine panel, small chips and a few closed tears at the extremities, and some small tape shadows from old reinforcements are present on the verso. An attractive copy overall, and quite uncommon to find signed.Cain's last great hardboiled novel, about an... more information