Little Caesar.

W. R. BURNETT

Publication: Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, 1929, New York

First edition. Fine, bright, square copy in a neatly price-clipped dust jacket with some light professional restoration at the edges. Cesare Bandello (called Rico), ambitious Italian gangster who rises from petty hoodlum to leader of a gang through ruthlessness and treachery, is defeated at the peak of his success. An exceptional copy of a classic of the genre. A Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery title. Filmed in 1931 by First National Studio with Mervin LeRoy as director, Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee, Darryl Zanuck, and Robert Lord as screenwriters, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Glenda Farrell.

Inventory Number: 32777