I Should Have Stayed Home

Signet 884, 1951. VG -. paperback

New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Corporation (1955) 128 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled and a bit rubbed. Leaves age toned. Still a nice copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); yellow cloth titled in maroon on spine; maroon topstain; 236pp. Tiny bookseller's ticket on rear endpaper; spine is sunned; faint finger-soiling to covers; spine ends pushed; rear hinge cracked with webbing exposed. Very Good, lacking the dustjacket. Author's third novel. A boy and a girl, stage-struck movie… Read more about this item

London: Arthur Baker Ltd, 1938. First UK Edition. The author's third book, a hard-boiled depression-era novel set in Hollywood. Centered around an aspiring young actor and actress, living on the skids and hoping for a break, the novel explores the cut-throat and exploitative nature of the movie business, giving glimpses of "the whole range of Hollywood life - its… Read more about this item

NY: Signet/New American Library, 1951. Soft cover. Near Fine. First Signet printing of this Hollywood novel by the American hard-boiled writer, author of They Shoot Horses Don't They? and others. First edition thus (stated first printing). Perfect-bound in pictorial color wraps, 7-1/8 x 4-1/4 in. Textblock edges stained pink. 144pp. Light rubbing and some spots of surface loss… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First Edition. First Edition. The author's third book, a Hollywood novel. From the collection of Otto Penzler. Easily the most difficult McCoy first edition to find in superior condition, as the jacket spine tends to fade almost completely away. This copy Near Fine in every respect, with only slight toning… Read more about this item

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1966. Paperback - Penguin Books C2412. Minor edgewear to the covers; the spine is cocked with faint creasing. Page block and inside covers tanned. The binding remains sound and all text is clear. CM. Paperback. Good. Used.

1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Fair. Stated First Edition. 235 pages. Ex-rental library in trimmed dustjacket with flaps attached to boards, some chipping to edges, spine heavily sunned. Binding cocked but solid. Rough but presentable copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Fiction::Mystery & Thriller ; Inventory No: 030295. BZDB373 Fiction::Mystery & Thriller… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. 1966. First Penguin Edition. 142 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to front hinge, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to reverse of front cover. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Mild water stains and droplets to covers. Notable scratching and… Read more about this item

Black Mask, 2009. First printing. Paperback. Very Good +. octavo, paper wraps, book is in very good + condition with mild wear to wraps, 123pp.

London: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First British Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 222 pp, prev owner's ex-libris bookplate affixed to ffep, age-darkening inside fr and rear cover to pastedown and e.p., brown cover cloth 5.3" x 7.6" boards with slight impact indent to top board edge & dark brown letters Near Fine, binding… Read more about this item

Serpent's Tail, 1995-03-01. Paperback. Good.

Serpent's Tail, 1995-03-01. 1st Ed(AsSuch). Paperback. Used:Good.

Serpent's Tail. Used - Acceptable.

London: Arthur Baker, 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, heavy browning to eps, spine marked, covers rubbed, otherwise Good without dustjacket.

Paperback. Very Good.

Independence, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Garland Pub, 1978. The Garland Classics of Film Literature. An exceptionally clean, tidy copy, with minimal library markings. Some very light shelfwear at spine.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Black Curtain Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

BIBLIOTECH PR. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Berkley, 1958. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Light wear to cover. Pages tanned. Clean, tight copy. G+