One of the Preeminent Crime Novels, Boldly Signed
Little Caesar.
New York: Lincoln MacVeigh, The Dial Press, 1929.
Price: $7,000.00
About the item
First edition of the author's first book. 308 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth with stamped cover and yellow painted text. Bump to bottom edge and wear at head and foot of spine, pages slightly and evenly toned, in unclipped dust jacket with split along bottom of front hinge at spine and at flap, some wear to head of spine with tow small sections of loss at corners. A Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery title.
Item #376062
The author’s first book, the story of the rise and fall of Rico, a small time hoodlum who gets entangled in a web of criminal activity after his arrival in Chicago. It was adapted in 1931 into one of the most iconic noir films ever made, starring Edward G. Robinson in his breakthrough role as the titular character, who epitomized the urban gangster stereotype of the day, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as his childhood best friend, Joe.
Signed by the author on the half-title.
