LAURA
by Caspary, Vera
- Used
- Condition
- Spine ends and lower right front corner rubbed, a very good copy in a good dust jacket (priced 8/6) with mild loss at corner tip
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944. First U.K. edition. Spine ends and lower right front corner rubbed, a very good copy in a good dust jacket (priced 8/6) with mild loss at corner tips, chipping with loss at the head of spine and 20 mm loss at the base of spine, spine is darkened and rubbed affecting title and author lettering. (31022). Octavo, original blue cloth, spine stamped in white. Basis for the classic film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price. Hubin, p. 146. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 229. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 168-169.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31022
- Title
- LAURA
- Author
- Caspary, Vera
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine ends and lower right front corner rubbed, a very good copy in a good dust jacket (priced 8/6) with mild loss at corner tip
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. edition
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Mystery . Film Source
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....