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About This Item
New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, 1933. First edition. First edition. [x], 304 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with crimson lettering. Very Good with toning to spine,a few scuffs to cloth, wear and a small stain at foot, small stain and name written on front free endpaper in pencil, front hinge a bit free, a few reading smudges. Lacking jacket.
Arguably this is magnetic north of hard-boiled fiction, fast-paced and very violent, hailed by none other than Raymond Chandler. "Paul Cain" was the pseudonym of George Carrol Sims; he used "Peter Ruric" for his screenwriting. This was his only novel, composed of stories he wrote for the legendary magazine Black Mask in 1931-1932.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140944488
- Title
- Fast One
- Author
- Cain, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- hard-boiled fiction, noir, crime, gangster
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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