The Asphalt Jungle

by William Riley Burnett

$185 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

First edition

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 271, 1 ,pp. Decorative paper-covered boards in original illustrated dust jacket. Back cover of dj with a b/w reproduction of a photograph of the author and his wife Whitney. Title-page vignette. Burnett paints an unforgettable panoramic picture of the metropolitan night world as he unfolds the story of a relentless, big-scale man-hunt, filled with

• Binding: Hardcover

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