LOVE'S LOVELY COUNTERFEIT

by James M. Cain

$200 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Octavo, 1-8 1-2 3-218 219-220: blank , original red cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in black, top edge stained red. First edition. The novel is a brutal picture of a corrupt, crime-ridden town in the manner of Hammett's RED HARVEST and McCoy's NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD ... - Pederson ed , St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, 4th ed. , p. 144. A 1956 film noir,

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