Nightmare Alley

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Collected in this volume is a sampling of Gresham’s other carnival-themed work: essays offering first-hand observations of life beneath the canvas tops. These essays have been long unavailable.
       An essay by Bret Wood, William Lindsay Gresham: The Disillusionist, explores the novelist’s fascination with carnivals, magic, and spiritualism; and Gresham’s lifelong crusade to extract the carefully-guarded secrets that lay hidden within.
       This handsome edition features striking dustjacket and interior art by David Ho, sumptuous cloth binding with blind stamping and onlay images, Tarot card images in the interior, photographs, article illustrations, original magazine art, movie posters, and much more.
       Nightmare Alley is one of the most highly regarded crime novels ever published.

• Limited to 200 copies, each signed by Bret Wood and David Ho.

• Comprehensive introduction by Bret Wood.

• Gallery of old editions and movie posters of Nightmare Alley, reprinted in full color.

• Photographs with the essays.

• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, sewn binding, rounded back, and other extras.

• Original book price: $75.

• ISBN 978-1-61347-006-0.