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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Second printing. INSCRIBED by the author in the year after publication: "To Miriam Geiger / In memory of pleasant times / James M. Cain / Feb 17, 1938." Jacket art by W. A. Dwiggins. One of Cain's least-appreciated novels, a hard-boiled story about a dethroned opera singer who meets the love of his life while wasting away in rural Mexico, then attempts a return to fame. Basis for the 1956 film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Mario Lanza and Joan Fontaine. . Very Good or better in a bright, Very Good plus example of the purple-and-red variant of the dust jacket (there are three different color variants, no priority). Slight spine lean, Some brief chipping to the cloth at the crown, light bumping to the spine ends. Jacket spine lightly toned, else bright and colorful, with a few tiny closed tears and a few tiny nicks at the spine ends. An attractive copy.

Various cities: Albatross, 1939. First Edition. Limited Edition, published simultaneously with the First Edition, one of twelve unnumbered copies bound in quarter leather, with raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by the author to his fourth and final wife, Florence Macbeth, underneath a small drawing of a four-leaf clover: "To Florence / A kiss, a serenade, and a hope, all in one picture / Jamie / Los Angeles, Calif / June 14, 1947." Cain's bleakest noir, and his final masterpiece, the tale of an opera tenor who runs to Mexico to flee from professional disgrace, meets a girl there, and then attempts a triumphant return to Hollywood with her as his semi-legal bride. But the glory of his return is brutally stonewalled by the reality of his poor decisions and the pitiless backlash of fame. Very Good plus in a Good example of the publisher's vellum jacket. Boards slightly warped. Jacket has loss along the spine. Housed in a Good, moderately rubbed slipcase.