Accession number
PML 184340
Creator
Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977.
Published
[New York : Knopf, 1943]
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
Library's copy housed 1/4 blue cloth slipcase, with spine label reading: Cain / Double indemnity / First separate appearance / Agent's promotional copy.
Printed on front wrapper: Submitted by: H.N. Swanson Inc. 8523 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif.
Promotional copy created for distribution to Hollywood film studios in 1943 by the author's literary agent H.N. Swanson; the printed text evidently a portion of bound page proofs extracted from Cain's Three of a Kind (New York : Knopf, 1943). Copies such as this one, accompanied by copies of the author's typed notes and suggestions regarding film treatment of his story, were likely prepared by the Swanson agency in early 1943 for distribution to the Hollywood studios prior to its publication by Alfred A. Knopf in May of that year, in the omnibus volume entitled Three of a Kind, which represented the first hardcover appearance of Cain's novelette.
Story originally published serially in Liberty magazine in 1936.
Printed on front wrapper: Submitted by: H.N. Swanson Inc. 8523 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif.
Promotional copy created for distribution to Hollywood film studios in 1943 by the author's literary agent H.N. Swanson; the printed text evidently a portion of bound page proofs extracted from Cain's Three of a Kind (New York : Knopf, 1943). Copies such as this one, accompanied by copies of the author's typed notes and suggestions regarding film treatment of his story, were likely prepared by the Swanson agency in early 1943 for distribution to the Hollywood studios prior to its publication by Alfred A. Knopf in May of that year, in the omnibus volume entitled Three of a Kind, which represented the first hardcover appearance of Cain's novelette.
Story originally published serially in Liberty magazine in 1936.
Description
p. 217-327 ; 20 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signature of Dora Porter on t.p.; stamp of agent H.N. Swanson on verso of 2nd page of Cain's typed notes at end of text.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Original stapled light blue printed wrappers.
Classification
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Department