Root Evil by James Cain (41 results)

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paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover book is in good overall condition. Clean text, no markings. Tight binding, moderate general handling wear. No loose or missing pages. Edgewear around covers. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.

Berkeley: Black Lizard Books:, 1989. First printing, Paperback, Fine, 168 pp. Clean, straight, tight and crease-free. Remarkably well-preserved. First printing, Paperback, Fine,

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. The Root of His Evil by James M. Cain, softcover, 1989. Book condition: fine. The text block is in fine condition with no tears, marks, or dog ears. Not a library book nor a remainder. No bookplate nor signature of previous owner. The wraps are in fine condition. 7 x 4 ĵ, 168 pages, 4 ounces XX [From the back cover]: James M. Cain, author of the classic crime novels The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity and Serenade, here presents Carrie Selden and Grant Harris as the featured players. The Root of His Evil is a novel about a modern Cinderella much in the mold of Cain's own Mildred Pierce. Author Harlan Ellison has gone so far as to call Carrie and Mildred "sisters," and says: "If you like Cain you won't feel at all cheated to spend a while with Carrie Selden."- Cain can get down to greed and sex in fewer words than any writer we know." -- New York Times.

softcover. Condition: vg.

Near Fine condition.

Condition: Fair. 1966. Corgi Edition. 175 pages. Pictorial paper cover with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Ink stamp inscription and sticker to first page textblock. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear and sticker marks to covers.

Wraps. Condition: As New. First Edition. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SLIGHT AGE TONING. STONG UNCREASED SPINE. NO INSCRIPTIONS.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Thus. Scuffing, creases affecting some pages and dust spotting on cover and spine. The first corgi books paperback printing.

Condition: Good. Used, some outer edges have minor scuffs, cover has light scratches, outer pages have shelf wear, book content is in very good condition.

16Mo Softcover. Condition: Fair. 187pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners, reddened edges. Moderate+ overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edge and cornerwear, sunning, upcurl; foxing on inner covers, endpapers and textblock edges, page patina throughout.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition. G+, Shelfwear, bumping, small tear to spine head, spine lean, ink name, browning/G, Edgewear, chips, tears, dealer sticker over price on front flap, mild soiling, browning. Drama. Cover by C.W. Photo on request.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Front hinge cracked, creasing, and edgewear else good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Corners show modest wear, small tear at upper right of spine, some creasing to spine. stilll bright and attractive with a good binding. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good(+). Large octavo in isull pale red jacket; xix, 187 pages; 21 cm. Part of the Gregg Press Mystery Fiction Series. Contents: Sinful Woman. -- Jealous Woman. -- The Root of his Evil. Detective and mystery stories, American. Detective and mystery stories, American. Noir Fiction; Hard-Boiled Mystery Novels. Novels. Romans. Book edges and jacket lightly foxed; else tight, clean and very good(+) to near fine(-) thus. Please see photos. Jacket now in archival mylar sleeve.

Paperback. first edition. 455 looks almost near fine, but faint damp mark, upper right rear paperback,

Paperback. first edition. 455 very good -fine, reading crease paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ed. 1st Paperback Ed.; reprints Avon All-American Fiction Reader Near Fine with uneven pages in pictorial wraps with white & yellow lettering & cover art picturing a blonde-headed woman in a low-cut dress leaning on the back of a chair with her left hand behind her head. Novel about a hash-slinger in a diner who marries a millionaire told from her point of view. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.

Paperback. First Edition. A fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dj. Illustrated by (dj) Fred Knecht, Jr. (illustrator). First Edition. [sharp-looking copy, the book in perfect condition but for a teensy-tiny spot on the top edge; the jacket shows just a trace of wear at the base of the spine]. (The Gregg Press Mystery Series) Series Omnibus volume, the first collection (and first hardcover appearance) of three novels originally published as paperback originals in the late 1940's and early 1950's. The volume carries an introduction by the ever-feisty Harlan Ellison, who is refreshingly honest about these "less-than-splendid novels," which he calls "historically interesting quick-reads by a shamefully overlooked American master.".

Ace Paperback London 1959. First Ace edition. Good.

Paperback. first edition. 455 near fine, unread paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. Previously published in hard covers by Robert Hale in 1954. Originally published as a paperback original in the US by Avon in 1952. Spine heavily creased with rubbing and discoouration to the edges. The covers are browned and discoloured with some edge rubbing. Heavy browning to the page edges. Stains to the inside of the front cover. The final page of adverts has been torn out. The pages are quite heavily browned but otherwise generally unmarked. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. (Ref. II3) 1st Printing June 1980. Black cloth boards with gilt titles. Very good condition with unmarked contents. DJ is sun-faded at spine with minimal shelfwear.

Avon 455. Paperback. Very Fine. New unread condition. Spine is unbroken.

8vo. pp xix, 120, 124, 187, [4]. Pink dust jacket with black and white illustration and lettering. Publisher's black buckram lettered in silver at spine. First edition of this collected works. The three works are reprinted in facsimile.ISBN: 0839826567 Very good indeed, bookplate at first endpaper and a small bump at base of front board. In very good dust jacket, a little rubbed at corners with slight sunning to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition (stated). A Fine hardcover copy in black cloth, grey marbled endpapers, in a Near Fine dull red dustwrapper, somewhat faded along spine. Bookplate front pastedown. 187pp. Edited by Otto Penzler with an Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Q03724.

FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

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