Silver Eagle by Burnett (24 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. (no dust jacket, but encased in a nice-looking facsimile reproduction of the original first edition jacket; see 2nd scanned image posted with this listing) [no significant wear apart from some rubbing to silver spine lettering at base of spine (title and author are bright and unblemished), light age-toning to edge of text block, attractive vintage bookseller's label (Satyr Book Shop, Hollywood and Los Angeles) on rear pastedown, one-time owner's embossed stamp on half-title and rear endpaper (see Notes)]. Burnett's fourth published novel, by far the most obscure and hard-to-find of his early books -- and a classic example of how a work by a notable and successful author (and Burnett had become notable and successful right away, with the publication of his first book, "Little Caesar," in 1929) can fade into obscurity for no other apparent reason than because nobody ever made a movie out of it. (It's the only one of Burnett's first six novels that's never been filmed.) I've seen the book referred to as a "follow-up" to "Little Caesar," but that's only true in the sense that it's also set in Chicago (and in fact on the original dust jacket it's heralded as "A Chicago Novel"). It's not even really a gangster novel, although the underworld does play a part in the narrative, which is primarily about a successful restaurant/club owner, a self-made man with ambitions to rise in the society world. But if you were a successful restaurant/club owner in Chicago in that era, you'd inevitably find yourself rubbing shoulders with the town's rougher elements, and between its somewhat low-born protagonist and some of the characters he gets involved with, there's a pretty decent quotient of hard-boiled, tough-guy talk to keep things snappy. The milieu is also evoked by the book's dedication -- "To the Wilson and Oak Gang, 1915-1918" -- although the significance of such a "gang" (if it was) has so far eluded my research. This copy is from the library of one-time MGM producer-writer Carey Wilson, with his embossed ownership stamp on the half-title page and the rear endpaper. NOTE again that the dust jacket on this book is a FACSIMILE, and that its presence has not been factored into our pricing.

Hardcover. First Edition. 310 pages. An early novel by the novelist and screenwriter; the adaptation of his earlier novel Little Caesar helped launch the gangster film genre. First edition (first printing). Black cloth stamped with publisher's device on the cover and silver lettering on the spine. A nice, square copy with a bit of edge wear; small sticker scar on front pastedown from a removed bookplate, and a former owner's small stamp on the front free endpaper, which shows a light imprint and small tear from a now removed paperclip. A near fine hardcover; lacking the scarce dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good in Mylar Cover. First Edition. Gift inscription on front end paper, front and back end papers and inner front and back cover have some yellowing, light corner wear, faint rubbing on cover. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. black cloth with silver lettering; has a small bookplate (1" x 2") inside cover name filled out in type no interior markings pages clean very good plus in new facsimile DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ. SCARCE chip at bottom of spine.

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-310 [311-12: blank], jacket art by John Gram, original cross hatched black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine stamped in silver. Burnett writes more about the Chicago of Little Caesar, this novel deals with racketeers and one who wants to achieve a higher social standing. An uncommon book in a dust jacket which features striking cover art. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 119-120]. A fine copy, top edge dusty in a very good price clipped dust jacket, shelf wear to spine ends with some mild loss, light edge rubbing, small chip at front flap fold. (12717).

Condition: Good. Publisher: Dial, NY, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. GOOD hardcover book in GOOD dust-jacket. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

First edition, from the collection of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts (1941-2021), reflecting his fascination with the Jazz Age, and love of crime fiction and noir, with his posthumous bookplate. Published two years after the author's genre-defining debut Little Caesar (1929), this gangster novel "focuses on a business investor trying to stay clean in the underworld of Prohibition-era Chicago" (LARB). Burnett's early novels shaped the conventions of noir in both literature and cinema. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in silver, publisher's device to front cover in blind. With dust jacket. Lightly bumped, contents slightly toned; unclipped jacket rubbed, a few nicks and short closed tears to extremities: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - LITTLE CAESARRico is a small, pale man, but he has guts, endurance and a steely single-mindedness. When Vettori sends the gang out to rob a local nightclub, Rico shoots a cop who pulls a gun on him. They get away, but Vettori is shocked. He had told Rico, no gunplay. That's when Rico realizes that Vettori has gone soft. He's too old to control the gang anymore. So Rico takes over. With the faithful Otero at his side, the rest of them quickly shift their allegiances. Now the world is Rico's. It's his gang, and he's calling all the shots. But there is always a weak link, someone who's ready to spill when the bulls get tough. And sooner or later the nightclub killing is bound to catch up with him.THE SILVER EAGLEHarworth comes from the school of hard knocks. He knows what it's like to be poor, and rejected. So when he takes his horserace winnings and invests them instead of turning them over again at the faro table, all of a sudden he finds himself well-to-do and in a new class. He decides to act the part as well, and sports a monocle and a walking stick. But Harworth isn't fooling the rich folks he falls in with, nor the gangsters who want to help him with his investments. To Helen and Louise, Harworth is an intriguing bit of rough trade. To Canovi and Molina, he represents a mark who can easily front for their crooked dealings. But where does Harworth himself fit in To whose world does he really belong.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Little Caesar / The Silver Eagle | W. R. Burnett | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023 | Stark House Press | EAN 9798886010305 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.