Thieves Like Us
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1937.
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Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a very good plus example of the dustwrapper with some modest chipping on the rear panel, tiny nicks at the spine ends, some rubbing, and a closed tear on the front panel. Basis for the 1948 film *They Live By Night*, the first film directed by Nicholas Ray (at the suggestion of influential producer and later character actor John Houseman). The book was filmed under its original title in 1974 by Robert Altman, starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall and featuring background radio music and sounds provided by mystery author, bookseller, and old-time radio expert John Dunning. Exceptionally scarce in jacket.
Item #87132
