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CAIN, JAMES M: : JEALOUS WOMAN./ SINFUL WOMAN.[ACE BOOKS H253.]

LONDON.THE HARBOROUGH PUBLISHING CO. LTD.,1959.

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UK,12mo p/back,1st edn. VG++. No owner inscrptn and a printed circular yellow+white 2/6 price to top,right hand corner of front's card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy colour pictorial GGA (Good girl art ) painted/ illustration of a redhead in black lingerie by VERNON,illustrated front cover,with capitalised white-lettered author name+sub-title,capitalised yellow-lettered title,and publisher's yellow+ black lettered+illustrated colophon+book's number to top corner towards head of spine,a flat,black spine/backstrip with similalry coloured+lettered text as the front's,without any reading creases to same; a white background rear cover with author's thumbnail b/w portrait photograph,a black-lettered synopsis/blurb and a critic's red-lettered review.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present but some minimal scoring to front cover.Top+fore-edges with inevitable age-acquired toning as usual/normal, but no foxing; contents tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears to be unread other than my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,2 stories, 5- 104pp and 107-188pp [paginated] respectively, includes Pts 1-4 comprising 15 chapters in total to first story 'JEALOUS WOMAN',and 2nd story 'SINFUL WOMAN' includes [unpaginated] titIe separator page and paginated 12 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and to the rear,publisher's 4pp advertisement for selected fiction and war titles.                   A HARD-BOILED STORY OF VIOLENT ACTION AND EMOTION. [Strap line.]   A violent story of American city life by today's acknowledged master of hard-boiled fiction and author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Moth, Mildred Pierce, etc.,etc.A direct,swift narrative of passion,corruption and deft Cain double-cross.   Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                            

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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