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NIGHTMARE ALLEY
by Gresham, William Lindsay
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Damp (?) stain to front cover, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear, rubbing and several minor closed tea
- 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. Damp (?) stain to front cover, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear, rubbing and several minor closed tears to corner tips and edges, small chip at upper left front corner, tiny chips to spine ends and age toning to the rear panel. (31074). Octavo, original black cloth, spine stamped in gold and green, fore edge untrimmed, bottom edge trimmed, top edge stained green. 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 #
- 31074
- Title
- NIGHTMARE ALLEY
- Author
- Gresham, William Lindsay
- Book Condition
- Used - Damp (?) stain to front cover, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear, rubbing and several minor closed tea
- 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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