Three of a Kind

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Jacket is the rare first issue, with a price of $2.75 to the top corner of the front flap and a $2.50 price stamp at the bottom right corner, and with the message beginning "To the Purchaser of This Book" from Alfred A. Knopf on the rear panel.

The first appearance in hardcover of three Cain short novels: "Double Indemnity," "Career in C Major," and "The Embezzler." The first two were made into films, the most famous being Billy Wilder's 1944 classic, "Double Indemnity," a cornerstone of the film noir genre scripted by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and starring Fred Macmurray and Barbara Stanwyck.

Faint, scattered foxing to the top page edges, else Near Fine in a restored dust jacket that presents as Very Good plus. Jacket with moderate toning to the flap folds, rear panel, and spine.

[Book #173269]