Search Results: Hard-boiled And Noir from Bungalow Books, ABAA

New York: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1984. Softcover. 0140070559 . Tanning to the pages, and a small stain to the free endpaper. Edited and with an introduction by Roy Hoopes.; 312 pages .

Alameda, CA: Black Pool Productions. New. 2015. Ephemera. New in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 24 Belgian cinema posters reproduced as 5-1/4" x 7" cards. Each includes Muller's commentary highlighting what made these movies --and the artwork--so memorable. .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312109423 . Signed and inscribed by Nolan with an added caricature for publisher Otto Penzler. The dust jacket spine is slightly creased. An historical mystery featuring author Dashiell Hammett as narrator. ; 214 pages; Signed by Author .

Spokane, WA: Dark City Books. Fine. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0964413892 . Signed by Oliver on the title page. A paperback original by the author of Moody Gets the Blues. An aging ex-con, recently released from prison for the murder of his wife, attempts to live quietly as a security guard. ; 196 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 031235780x . Signed by Ward on the title page. A comic noir about a hapless Baltimore psychiatrist turned criminal. ; 277 pages; Signed by Author .

Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0822325802 . A remainder mark to the bottom page edges. A bump to the top corner, and a few specks to the gray cloth, issued without a dust jacket. Presents crime fiction in relation to a changing literary marketplace and as an arena for conflicts about citizenship, class culture, and democracy during the New Deal. Bibliography, index.; Remainder; 370 pages .

New York: Routledge. Very Good. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0415969719 . Signed and dated by Mizejewski in Columbus, OH. An unmarked copy with creasing to the corners. Illustrated, bibliography. ; 228 pages; Signed by Author .

Los Angeles: From Parts Unknown. Near Fine. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0975379100 . Signed by Faust and by the illustrator, Rafael Navarro, who's added a small drawing. A hybrid of hardboiled crime fiction and women's pro wrestling. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. ; 240 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Mysterious Press. Very Good. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. An Uncorrected Proof in illustrated wrappers. Curling to the front cover. Short stories, includes a number of previously unpublished pieces as well as early screen treatments for "On the Make" and "The Kiss-Off." Pages 297-336 are two sections not included in the trade edition. ; 336 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black boards with red topstain. A bump to the top edge of the rear board. Bookplate of Dorothy Wilkinson on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is mildly rubbed, with a small chip to the spine and corner. The rear flap has a small stain. Publisher's price of $2.95 on the front flap. A mystery featuring Boston news photographer Kent Murdock.; 182 pages .

New York: Dial Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Reprint. Black cloth spine over red boards. A stain to the rear board and bottom page edges. The dust jacket has chipping to the spine, and tape repair to the verso of the rear panel and flap. An unmarked copy with the publisher's price of $3.50 on the front flap. The gangster classic that ushered in a new American genre. ; 255 pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Very Good. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. An Uncorrected Proof in glossy wrappers. The National Book Award-winning author of Tree of Smoke takes a dark turn in this tribute to hardboiled fiction. ; 195 pages .

Lutz, FL: Down & Out Books. Near Fine. 2018. Softcover. 1948235366 . Signed by Gertzman on the title page. Foreword by Richard Godwin, with an appendix by Lou Boxer. Illustrated, index. A literally Kafkaesque approach by Gertzman, who notes that Goodis moved “unbendingly toward oblivion, if only to stop the whole business.” ; Trade PB; 244 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine is faded with a 1/4 " tear on the back panel. A presentable copy with light creasing and edgewear. ; 373 pages .

New York: Signet. Fair. 1952. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. The covers are worn, with a short tear to the front cover. The front endpaper and title page are partly detached. A story of murder and adultery against the backdrop of a country roadhouse. ; Mass Market PB; 191 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Beige cloth lettered in black along the spine. Red and black ruled lines to the front board, with red topstain. A slight lean, with a pull to the headband. A bookseller ticket from the Hill Bookstall in Syracuse to the rear pastedown. The dust jacket has short tears and shallow chipping, with a few stains to the rear panel. Publisher's price of $2.00 to the rear flap. The author's first and most famous book, depicting the brutal and exploitative dance marathon craze which gripped America in the 1920s and 1930s.; 186 pages .

Garden City, NY: Crime Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Scattered nicks and tears to the dust jacket edges. Publisher's price of $2.00 on the front flap. An unmarked copy with dust soiling to the page edges. A Cyrus Hatch detective novel. ; 250 pages .

New York: Mysterious Press. Very Good. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. An Uncorrected Proof in blue printed wrappers. Edited and with an introduction by Max Allan Collins. Copyright sheet pasted to the verso of the title page is detached, leaving glue stains. Publicity sheet is laid in. ; 234 pages .