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NIGHTMARE ALLEY
by Gresham, William Lindsay
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some toning to end papers, a fine copy with bright green top stain not faded in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbin
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Inc., [1946]. First edition. Some toning to end papers, a fine copy with bright green top stain not faded in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corner tips and spine ends, two small rub marks to front panel, toning to the white title lettering of the spine panel and to the rear panel, a small closed tear to the lower rear panel. An attractive copy. (28925). Octavo, cloth. The author's first book. "Grotesque thriller in which a carnival huckster tries to exploit the tricks of his trade in carving out a career as a high society occultist. Its deployment of carnival bizarrerie links it to THE CIRCUS OF DR. LAO (1935) and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1962)." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 4-58. Basis for the 1947 film noir (the film was directed by Edmund Goulding and starred Coleen Gray and Joan Blondell). Recently remade. Hubin, p. 352. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 122.
Synopsis
Nightmare Alley is a novel by William Lindsay Gresham. It is a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants- the dark, shadowy world of a second rate carnival filled with hustlers, scheming grifters, and Machiavellian femme fatales.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28925
- Title
- NIGHTMARE ALLEY
- Author
- Gresham, William Lindsay
- Book Condition
- Used - Some toning to end papers, a fine copy with bright green top stain not faded in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, Toronto
- Date Published
- [1946]
- Keywords
- Mystery . Film Source
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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