The Postman Always Rings Twice

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition of one of the most important crime novels of the twentieth century, adapted as a motion picture seven times. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly Signed by James M. Cain on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the crown. Housed in a custom… Read more

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1934 First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by James M. Cain on a laid in signature. A stunning copy. This First Issue that is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the $2.00 price present on the front flap. The book is in wonderful shape. The binding is tight with light… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Boards are slightly soiled and near fine, with a supplied proof dustwrapper which came directly from the estate of the artist Arthur Hawkins, Jr. The jacket has been folded with a crease at the spine, Knopf's small Borzoi logo has been cut away from the rear… Read more

First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. A wonderful copy. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's announcement in Red ink printed on the front flap and the correct titles on back panel starting with "Summer's Play" This original dustjacket has light wear to the spine and edges. The book is in great… Read more

Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine first edition (so stated on the copyright page) in a near fine dust jacket. Some slight foxing on fore-edge. Housed in a custom-made quarter leather collector's case.

Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket. First printing of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket. A genre-defining blueprint for the golden age of film noir and a masterfully brutal anti-melodrama, THE POSTMAN draws the boundaries of a… Read more

Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. First Edition stated on the title page and 1934 on the title page. Original price of $2.00 net still on front flap of dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

New York: Knopf, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 187pp. Octavo. Orange boards. Jacket blurb affixed to the front pastedown. Top stain faded. Jacket shows some sunning, especially to spine, and some edgewear. Dust jacket is from another copy. A solid copy of one of the most important crime novels of the 20th century.

First Edition, First Printing. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.00 printed price present on the front flap of the dustjacket with some restoration to the spine and panels. The book is in very good condition. The binding is tight, and the boards have minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934., 1934. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. Publisher's response card laid-in. A near fine copy with dark top-staining in dust jacket with light restoration by a paper conservator to corners, spine ends, and two small closed tears to top edge of front cover and with absolutely no sunning to the spine… Read more

Knopf, 1934 First Edition, First Printing. This attractive dustjacket has benefitted from professional restoration by a master conservator. The end result is a well preserved dustjacket with no chips, tears or missing pieces. This original dustjacket has the $2.00 price present and all the first issue points. The book is in nice condition with slight wear to the edges. The… Read more

Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition of Cains most significant title. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 188 x 127 mm). [viii], 187, [1], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Publishers orange cloth with blue-stamped spine outlining the lettering and blue lettering and designs on the front, top edge… Read more

Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition (First Edition stated on copyright page) in a very good dust jacket, with original $2 price on front flap. First issue jacket with correct books listed on the back panel. Owner's signature on front free endpaper. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

First UK Edition; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. This is the very scarce 1st UK edition; although not the true first (the US was published shortly beforehand), the UK is super rare to find in collectible condition, particularly in the ORIGINAL jacket with no restoration or repair; a truly unique item and a must for… Read more

Los Angeles: Lorimar, 1979. Second Draft Screenplay for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to actor Jim S. Cash, who played one of the Twin Oaks tavern customers, with his ownership name in holograph ink on the front wrapper. Various editorial annotations throughout in holograph ink and pencil. Directed by Bob Rafelson, and based on the 1939 novel by James… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Orange cloth with dark blue decorations and titles to spine and front panel. Wrapped in FACSIMILE DUST JACKET. Some wear and soiling to boards but otherwise a very nice copy of Cain's most famous book. . 1st Ed. Cloth. VG+/Facsimile Dust Jacket. 8 Vo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good, lacking dust jacket. Offsetting to end papers. First 8 page leafs have a tiny tear at the side edge. Foxing to side of page block and cloth. Sunning to spine. First edition, as stated.

Knopf, 1934. 10th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 1934 3rd printing February 1934 in original $2 priced jacket with lightly stained spine and edge wear. No marks, original publisher's top stain. Please email for photos.

Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1979. Two Draft scripts for the 1981 film. One is a First Draft script, dated December 1979, the other is an Agency script in promotional titled wrappers, undated. Directed by Bob Rafelson, and based on the 1939 novel by James M. Cain, "Postman" was one of the gems of early 1980 cinema (along… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Facsimile. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2nd Printing 1 Copyright date is 1934, First edition. First and second printings before publication, original orange cloth, facsimile dust jacket. A high-spot of 20th Century literature. Cain's first and most enduring novel and the basis for David Mamet's 1981… Read more

London: Cape, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. A VG++ copy without D/W. This book would definitely take a D/W. Uncommon

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's orange decorative cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in blue, blue topstain; [8],187pp. Light shelf wear and dustiness to cloth, boards very slightly bowed, spine toned, faint shallow damp stain to fore-edge of first few leaves, light… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. first and second printings before publication 1 Copyright date is 1934, First edition. First and second printings before publication, original orange cloth, facsimile dust jacket. A high-spot of 20th Century literature. Cain's first and most enduring novel and the… Read more

Cape, 1934. 1st edition. Hardcover. Original yellow boards with black lettering in very good condition, and endpapers and pages very clean indeed. An excellent first printing of the author's famous novel. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone mystery novel.

UK: Cape, 1934. 1st Edition 1934. Un-common 1st edition. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Light marking to boards. Nice clean contents. More images can be taken upon request. Ref9599 ###011453. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Original orange cloth with blue and orange on blue lettering and graphics. Top edge stained blue which is mottled a bit, other edges a littled sunned. Some offsetting on endpapers probably from jacket. Spine ends faintly crumpled, spine lightly sunned and tiny black speck at top of spine. Overall this… Read more

1978-04-01. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

1978-05-08. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

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1989-02-04. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

New York: Knopf, 1945. Later printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Later printing. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. This is a 10th printing of Cain's classic novel of love and lust that was made into two successful films. Some wear at the spine ends and extremites. Price of $2 present on the dust… Read more

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2005-12-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

2005-03-24. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

1981-01-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

1978-05-08. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

1997-10-15. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

New York: Triangle Books, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, rubbed at the surface and lightly chipped at the edges and corners. Orange boards with black ink letterings and designs on the spine and front board, a few white stains on the boards. Square and firmly bound with toned pages. An early… Read more

1978-04-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

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UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

NY: GROSSET & DUNLAP.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Photoplay edition. A very good+ or better copy in Vg. + DJ. (Traces of foxing at top edge. Pink hue on spine of DJ. Lightly discolored though perfectly readable. Short edge tears & touches of shelf wear to DJ. ) … Read more

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POCKET BOOKS. NY 1947. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First Pocket Books edition. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Lamination peeling at edges. Mild spine lean. Page corner creased.) .

New York: Pocket Books, 1947. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Pocket Books Edition/First Printing, july 1947 as stated on the copyright page. It also list the complete Publishing History up to that point in time. Pocket Books #443. Complete and Unabridged. 121 pages with one page in rear listing other titles. Cain's classic noir novel. Blurb… Read more