I Cover the Waterfront, by Max Miller, E.P. Dutton and Company, New York, 1932

I Cover the Waterfront by Max Miller is a vivid and engaging account of life along the San Diego waterfront, first published in 1932. Drawing on Miller's experience as a reporter, the book brings together a series of sketches and anecdotes capturing the characters, routines and atmosphere of the harbour, from fishermen and sailors to drifters and dockworkers. Written in a direct and conversational style, it offers an authentic glimpse of working waterfront life in early twentieth-century America. The work later formed the basis of the 1933 film I Cover the Waterfront, starring Claudette Colbert.

I Cover the Waterfront, by Max Miller.

Published by E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., New York. Stated first edition, 1932

A good cloth hardback with red printed titles to front and spine. Light wear and bumping. Some dust toning along top edge. The dustjacket is  good - with some wear and a few nicks and losses to extremities. Spine and folds are toned, and front cover a little discolored. A few marks to spine. The jacket is now housed in clear, protective, removable plastic.

Text is bright and clean throughout, and soundly bound. No offsetting or spotting. Partial remains of small previous owner's label to lower edge of first free endpaper. Top edge of text block tinted red, with some patchy coverage.

Text in English.

354pp.

Dimensions: approx 194mm high x 138mm wide x 34mm deep.
Weight: approx 389g (unpacked)