Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor; The Postman Always Rings Twice. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$11.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book Club Edition. Cloth. 373 pp. No dust jacket. A solid copy.
Seller: Magic Carpet Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
James M. Cain. Past All Dishonor and The Postman Always Rings Twice. NY: Knopf, 1946, NY, 1946.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good ++/Good. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine on this BCE HC.Fore-edge pages are rough cut as issued,prev.owner's name to ffep.Very little corner wear,with a tight binding.DJ shows light overall soiling,light chipping to bottom of spine,heavier to the top,light to moderate corner wear.Author's photo on back panel.Nice in new Brodart.
Seller: Deborah Fiegl, Bookseller, Perry, NY, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. PAST ALL DISHONOR. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 232 pages
Seller: Neil Shillington: Bookdealer/Booksearch, hobe sound, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.50 + shipping
Description: Hardcover - Book club edition. Two classic novels by Cain in one volume, with separate pagination and with separate title pages indicating Alfred A, Knopf, 1946 on each. 231, 140 pp. Very good in reddish brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, no dust jacket.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (price-clipped) [moderately worn book, some dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket is edgeworn, minor paper loss at spine ends and most corners]. "This book deals with the West of the silver boom," per the author's note in the front of the book, which represented Cain's first serious effort in the realm of historical fiction.
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
James M. Cain. Past All Dishonor/The Postman Always Rings Twice. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Book in Very Good Condition; DJ in Good Condition. Blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Gilt on spine is rubbed. Front and rear paste downs are foxed. All else clean and bright. DJ has edge wear and small tears throughout.
Seller: Pickwick Bookshop, Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M. [1892 - 1977]. PAST ALL DISHONOR. New York Knopf 1946, 1946.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Description: Third Printing (before publication). 8vo., pale blue clothbound hardback gilt, with blind-stamped emblem to front; 233pp. Ffep has one previous owner's pencil inscription and another's circular blind-stamp. Light toning to page edges, tape shadows to endpapers, corners of boards and spine ends a little worn, one tiny bump to top of front board. Good overall. No dust jacket. (SHELF 200) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** The shop is open 7 days a week. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
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Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
CAIN, James. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Book bumped at spine ends. Dustwrapper yellowed and rubbed. Soiled on back cover in corner. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CAIN (James).. Past All Dishonor.. New York Alfred A. Knopf 1946, 1946.
Price: US$19.73 + shipping
Description: in-8, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée, 232 pp. Dos de la jaquette discrètement renforcée, sinon en très bon état. Exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque d'Alain Resnais.
Seller: Librairie Vignes Online, Paris, France
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: First Edition second printing of this classic civil war novel. The dust jacket has a one inch by two "v" chunk missing from the base of the spine. The front flap of the dust jacket has separated completely from the rest and there are a couple of small chunks from the head of the spine. In reading condition only. Language: eng 0.0
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good. Hardcover, rubbed at spine ends and lightly bumped corners, cover and foredges lightly soiled, spine and pages slightly browned, some spotting on cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good only with stain inside both covers, wear to cloth cover, lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. Near Fine in dark red cloth, in a Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with moderate edgewear to points and light soil. 233pp. Slight spotting to fore-edge of textblock. Q08224
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$22.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. Second printing before publication. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine and blind author's monogram to lower front board. 233 pp. Spine tilted. Rubbing to edges and spine ends, light bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket sunned at spine. Bumping to extremities, some damp staining to spine and front flap, wear to joints, a few small chips, long tear to front joint and a ew short tears, repaired with tape to reverse. A bright, clean copy. Here is Cain at his peak, in a new novel that deals, inevitably, with violent emotions and violent deeds. Here passion and murder are the ingredients of the tale, and what Cain does with them makes this his most terrific adventure in suspense. The hero is a young Confederate spy in Virginia City at the height of its boom period, and it is a story of his infatuation with a camp girl and his fight to possess her.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in a mildly worn jacket. The First Printing.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
James M. Cain. Past All Dishonor. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of the first edition (stated). Near fine with small bookstore lable applied to the front pastedwon in near fine dust jacket.
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
James M. Cain. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG in VG DJ.
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Second printing. Owner's name, slightly cocked, very good in about very good dustwrapper with chipping at the crown and adjoining areas.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Spine faded, boards lightly rubbed, else fine without dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Cain, James M. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Description: 232p. Very good condition tattered d.j.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
CAIN, JAMES M.. PAST ALL DISHONOR. Knopf, NEW YORK, 1946.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 3rd printing. A near fine copy in a facsimile jacket that is a bit faded on the spine, otherwise bright.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Cain, James M. Past all Dishonor. Knopf, New York, N.Y., 1946.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Very Good Plus red cloth with gold title lettering on spine. Bumped at bottom of spine. End pages tanned. Very Good Dust Jacket with original Price ($2.00) intact-chipped at spine top and top edge of back cover. Cain at his suspenseful peak: a young Confederate spy in Virginia City, Nevada is the hero; passion and murder are the ingredients. Protected in archival plastic.
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good copy with clean pages. Book club edition. 8vo. Published in New York, 1946. 140 pages.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
James M Cain. Past All Dishonor 1st Edition. ALFRED A KNOPF, 1946.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Book in near Fine condition and in VG dust jacket. The unclipped dust jacket has a few small closed tears. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed!
Seller: First Coast Books, Eatonton, GA, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. PAST ALL DISHONOR. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946., 1946.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two splash stains to the top page edge coloring, else near fine in red cloth with gilt spine lettering; in a nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny snagged hole to the lower rear panel. Original $2.00 price still intact on the front flap. Jacket design by Harry Roth. "A Confederate spy risks his life to win the heart of a fallen woman."
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor/The Postman Always Rings Twice. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardcover with no dust jacket, 1946. Contains two novels, "Past All Dishonor" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice". Fiction Book Club edition.
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first edition. Light remnant of bookplate to front pastedown, light crimping to spine ends, and faint toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a few closed tears, rubbing along folds, light toning to back cover, and mild wear to extremities, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover Slightly Worn.
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small 8vo. [10], 232, [4] pp. Pink cloth blindstamped on the front board with gold lettering on the spine, grey topstain. Price of $2.00 on front flap of jacket. Tiny stain and sticker ghost on rear pastedown; general rubbing and wear with a tear on bottom of spine panel wrapping around to front panel.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hard cover. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with slight wear to the edges. The dates on the title page and the verso is 1946. But there is a message "First and Second printings Before Publication".
Seller: Gebhard and Burkhart Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo., 233pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square and tight with some light bumping to spine ends, but a solid, clean book throughout. A short pinch to the cloth on the front tpanel. Good unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), would be much better if not for what looks like some tape residue on the back of the jacket. However it does not effect the front of the jacket. A few small closed tears. Spine toned. Still, a sharp collectable copy at a great price.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Cain, James M. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$64.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition. Jacket is unclipped, clean and bright, with mild rubbing to spine tips and two small edge nicks, and at the bottom front corner a 1" archival tape repair done internally and unobtrusively. Book is fine, clean and unmarked save for a vintage bookplate of the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Chi with William J. Gordon name printed at bottom. Scarce in the dust jacket.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red Cloth. Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Covers of volume met with some waterstaining around edges and now it's left with spots of discoloration, though no warping whatsoever, Prev. owner's name and inscr. on ffep, jacket chipped along edges and corners, a few small, closed tears, and some cracking along hinges, all panels and spine still bright and free of marks. Considering the defects, it is still a square and presentable volume.
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$70.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. "JC" monogram embossed on front board, and endpapers have slight discoloration. Dust jacket has few small chips to head of spine and small watermark to front. Cain also wrote Serenade, Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice.stock reduction sale. 30% of regular price of 100.00. now
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 232pp. Octavo [19 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title and ornamentation on the spine, and the author's initials embossed on the front cover. The spine is a bit rolled back, and the spine ends are gently bumped. The front board is barely perceptibly stained. In the dust jacket, designed by Harry Roth, with rubbing to the extremities, toning to the rear panel, and periodic small closed and open tears in the edges. A first edition of this western by the author of "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonour. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 233 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A fine copy in fine dust jacket
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing mostly on the front panel. A nice, bright copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Original red cloth boards with gilt stamped title on the spine and author's initials embossed on the front cover; dust jacket slightly worn along the edges with a small chip to the front top right corner, neat tear through pages 181-206 with no loss.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Red cloth binding is fine. Dust Jacket with very light scuffing to spine ends and wear at outer folds. Bright front panel and author's picture on rear panel. A tight collectible copy with a bright jacket. Size: Octavo
Seller: California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud, Carmel Valley, CA, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$121.68 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo, pp. 233. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine, and with Cain's monogram device blind-stamped to front panel. Illustrated dust jacket, author's photographic portrait to rear panel. Top edge grey, leading edge uncut. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with just the lightest of edgewear. First edition -- and according to an interview he gave to the Paris Review in 1978, one of Cain's personal favourites. A near fine copy.
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
CAIN, JAMES M.. Past All Dishoner. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Bound in original red cloth. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. The jacket is complete with a faint glass ring on the rear panel and a very small crease at the bottom right corner of the front panel. Near Fine / Very Good.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, United States, 1946.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Clean text. Unread. Toning to the edges of the text. Light toning to the edges of the boards. Red cloth boards, gold stamped lettering. Dustcover price not clipped. Some light shelf wear, mild creasing / wear to the head and base of the dustcover spine. New mylar cover. Nice collectible copy.
Seller: The Casemaker, Troup, TX, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. PAST ALL DISHONOR. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Adventure and suspense novel set in the American west of the silver boom. A fine copy, some offsetting to free endpapers, previous owners bookplate to front paste-down (largely hidden by jacket flap) in a near fine dust jacket, closed tear to lower front panel, small closed tear with tape repair to upper front panel, some mild dust soiling. Jacket colors are bright. (12898)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: red cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Fine
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. PAST ALL DISHONOR. Alfred A . Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo. Stated first edition. Price is $2.00 on front dust jacket flap. A fine copy in a near fine+ dust jacket. 232 pp.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
CAIN, James M.. Past All Dishonor.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946., 1946.
Price: US$336.59 + shipping
Description: First edition. Advance copy with the dated slip from Knopf laid in. Touch of fading to the tip of the spine o/w a fine copy in a price clipped d/w which has a few internal archival tape reinforcements and very minor wear to the spine ends.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Cain, James M.. PAST ALL DISHONOR. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper. Near fine with spine ends bumped, minor rubbing along the edges, and a few small marks of soiling to the spine. In a very good or better dust jacket with a touch of soiling and rubbing, and shallow chipping to spine ends and corners, but otherwise minimal wear.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Cain, James M.. Past All Dishonor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED. 232pp. Octavo [19 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title and ornamentation on the spine, and the author's initials embossed on the front cover. Very good, with light rubbing at the spine ends and corners, and a slight forward lean to the spine. With the dust jacket, designed by Harry Roth, in very good condition. The extremities are lightly rubbed and chipped, and the rear panel and the flaps are mildly darkened. The accompanying black cloth covered slipcase is in very good condition, with moderate rubbing to the surface and subtle fraying of the cloth at the head and tail. Sharp copy of this western by the author of "The Postman Always Rings Twice." Inscribed by James M. Cain on the front free endsheet.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
James M. Cain. Past Dishonour (inscribed by author). Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Past All Dishonor" by James M. Cain. New York: Knopf, 1946,first American edition first printing. Inscribed by Cain in the year of publication on the front blank to "Syllie S.," the nickname of Sylvia Sidney, the actress and first wife of Bennet Cerf, the founder of Random House. Book in good condition with good first issue dust jacket: Publisher's cloth, in original dust jacket with price present. 7 1/2 x 5 inches (18 x 13 cm). 233 pp. Jacket chipped and with losses, including a large loss to rear panel. Rare inscribed first edition by hard boiled novelist James M. Cain
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
CAIN, JAMES M.. PAST ALL DISHONOR.. Alfred A. Knopf, 1946., New York, 1946.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Inscribed on the front free fly leaf by the author in the year of publication: "To / Dick Alexander, / An item for the collection, with a ho-ho- / ho and the old rebel yell / Jim Cain / Santa Monica, Calif / April 27, 1946. Faint offsetting to the front endpapers, else a fine bright copy in a near fine dust jacket lightly toned on the spine and with light wear to the top edge and corner of the front cover. Cain's only historical novel about a love affair between a Confederate spy and a prostitute in a mining camp.A Confederate spy in the mining town of Virginia City, a prostitute, and the spy's desperate struggle to possess her - at all cost.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
M. Cain, James:. Past all Dishonor.. New York, 1946.
Price: US$3288.42 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1946 Knopf. OLn 233 Seiten. Einband etwas bereiben, Rücken etwas lichtgehellt. Papier nachgedunkelt. Name vorne im Buch. Sauberes Buch aus Nichtraucherhaushalt___Schönes Leseexemplar___Versand erfolgt im ein bis zwei Tagesrhytmus ____Zustand siehe Bilder; weitere Bilder/Infos gern auf Anfrage____Die von uns Angebotenen Bücher kommen aus Nichtraucherhashalten und sind, wenn nicht anders beschrieben, mit normalen Gebrauchsspuren____ Versicherter Versand mit Sendungsnummer Ihr Buchregal Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 717
Seller: Das Buchregal GmbH, Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, HE, Germany