Serenade
by Cain, James M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorated black cloth with art deco-style title on front cover and unusual Mexican Indian-style decoration on spine, with Knopf's name in cursive (see picture). This was Cain's third book, after Our Government (Knopf:1930) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (Knopf:1934). Set in Los Angeles, this suspense novel featured a Mexican-Indian prostitute, an opera singer and a musicologist. Cain later adapted the novel for the movie, Serenade (1956), which was loosely based on his original work, and starred Mario Lanza, as the humble vineyard worker who becomes a famous opera star. Also starring were Joan Fontaine, Sarita Montiel, Vincent Price, Joseph Calleia, and Harry Bellaver. Wear at top of spine, light wear to bottom, endpapers foxed, boards a bit skewed. Very good in cloth..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001395
- Title
- Serenade
- Author
- Cain, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Modern First Editions; Books Into Film;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Foxed
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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