Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
James M. Cain. Mildred Pierce. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Missing DJ. Some staining to the cloth boards. Pages are otherwise clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP/Locked cabinet
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. MILDRED PIERCE. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 388 pages. 1st Edition. Advance Review Copy bound in wrapper taken from the dust jacket. Rear cover missing; backstrip worn and taped; front cover worn at edges; spine shifted. Internally, clean and tight. Good only, wrappers. (098)
Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Mildred Pierce.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing. A Very Good copy in teal linen cloth covered boards, stamped in gilt at spine, in blind on front, lacking a dustwrapper. Moderate wear and light soil to extremities, text and endpapers unmarked and generally clean. 388pp. Mildred Pierce will always be associated with Joan Crawford, who played the central role in the very successful Hollywood version [Warner Brothers, 1945] of the novel, which later formed the basis for the "Mommy Dearest" spin-off bio-pic about the real life Crawford and her daughter. Q10687
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
CAIN, JAMES M.. Mildred Pierce. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$430.46 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Gilt lettered green cloth in decorative dust jacket. Grey-green top stain. Made into a classic film noir in 1945 with Joan Crawford who won the Oscar for her performance. Some chipping to extremities of the dust jacket with the $2.50 price o/w near fine.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Cain, James M.. Mildred Pierce. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: stated "FIRST EDITION" previous ownerl's name in fountain pen 1/11/44, green cloth
Seller: beat book shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Mildred Pierce. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition stated. Bob Smith dustjacket art. "The story of a woman, her daughter, and her two husbands". Basis for the 1945 Michael Curtiz directed film starring Joan Crawford. Very Good Very Good attractive copy, but with darkened strips to pastedowns probably from an archaic jacket protector, dime sized brown stain to fore-edge of pages, few pages with some smudges, in Very Good dustjacket, signs of moisture exposure to verso of panels, some nicks and wear.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Mildred Pierce. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Advance reading copy of the first edition. [8] 388, [2] pp. Original illustrated self-wrappers. Very Good+ with typical rubbing along spine, small tear near foot to front wrap along fold, tiny gouge to front wrap near author's name, top corner of text bumped. Publisher's blue stamp on front free endpaper, former owners' bookplate on verso with offsetting. An attractive copy in an uncommon, fragile issue of the hardboiled classic. It inspired an Academy Award-winning film in 1945.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
James M. Cain. Mildred Pierce (First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. James M. Cain's second novel, considered by many to be his finest work. Basis for the classic 1945 film noir, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford and Ann Blyth. Definitively remade by director Todd Haynes for HBO in 2011, starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, and Melissa Leo, finally restoring the novel's devastating third act. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book's green cloth is lightly soiled in a few spots. Jacket is slightly faded on the spine panel, with rubbing at the corners and a couple of tiny nicks to same. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 46.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Cain, James. Mildred Pierce. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$1099.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A stated first edition copy, green cloth with gilt to spine. One corner mildly softened. Slight darkening of glue to endpages. The price-clipped jacket in mylar has a dampstain to back panel and very slight edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
James M. Cain. Mildred Pierce. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Knopf: New York, 1941. SIGNED First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Top green stain very faded. Green boards have soiling and discolorations. Spine lettering partially worn. Paper block is square and there are a few page with some spotting. Book is fully intact but worn from use. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1 inch square missing at top of spine and surface loss (1/2 inch by 2 inch triangle) to front panel above title. Some edge wear to folds and lower spine. Signed First Edition of the James M. Cain 1941 Bestseller. Photos available upon request. Unclipped jacket ($2.50) protected in a Brodart cover and book placed in archival bag. All flaws listed. As a collector myself, I don't like surprises. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FIRST FREE END PAPER !!!!!
Seller: Rose Hill Books, Yonkers, NY, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Mildred Pierce.. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941., 1941.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (so stated). 8vo. Original gilt stamped green cloth. Dust jacket designed by Bob Smith (unclipped; soft creases). Very good. 388 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Mildred Pierce. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This First Issue dustjacket has the $2.50 printed price present. Most copies of this dustjacket are price clipped. This original dustjacket is rich in color with some wear to the spine and edges. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. MILDRED PIERCE. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (20cm); teal cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; blue-gray topstain; dustjacket; 388pp. Hint of offsetting to pastedowns, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, price-clipped, with some pinpoint rubbing to spine ends and corners, and a hint of sunning to middle portion of spine. Cain's third novel, a story of "the great American institution that never gets mentioned on the Fourth of July, a grass widow with two small children to support" (Hoopes, p.305). Basis for the 1945 film noir directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Joan Crawford, as well as a more recent adaptation - a 2011 HBO mini-series starring Kate Winslett, Guy Pearce, and Evan Rachel Wood. An attractive copy of a key Cain novel, and one that is seldom-seen in this condition. Dark Page Vol.1, p.46; Baird 376.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.