Title
Street of No Return
Subject
Despair
Depression (Mental state)
Sitting
Slums
Couples
City & town life
Doors & doorways
Porches
Stairways
Hand railings
Refuse
Bricks
Portrait photographs
trash cans
Description
Tan
A man sits slumped on the steps of a broken-down brick building, a bottle at his feet. A red-headed woman in neat blue dress stands behind him in the doorway.
At head of title on cover: Only the ruthless survive River Street--where concrete ends and jungle begins.
On back cover: Like the Moon in the Gutter, David Goodis has written another novel filled with the raw power and the pain of the asphalt wilderness.
Yellow background with red text.
Gold Medal tri-color ribbon graphic on front and spine.
Black and white photo of brick wall as background
two white text boxes with black and red text. Author photograph in black and white.
Creator
Phillips, Barye, d. 1968 or 9.
Goodis, David, 1917-1967
Publisher
Special Collections, University Libraries
State University of New York at Buffalo
Fawcett
Date
1954
Contributor
Kelley, George, 1949-
Rights
Type
Book covers
Cover (Illustrations)
Mystery fiction
Crime fiction
Image
Still Image
Identifier
5
ECY0313
Date Created
8/25/2005
Date Modified
8/25/2005
Is Part Of
LIB001
Pulp Fiction Cover Art
Gold Medal Book (428)
Collection
Citation
Phillips, Barye, d. 1968 or 9. and Goodis, David, 1917-1967, “Street of No Return,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 12, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/29284.