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Bantam 1st Paperback #888 CONDITION: fair+.

Bantam, 1951. First Printing. Bantam 888. Near Fine condition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid copy, moderate edgewear, slight fraying of cloth at top of spine, spine cloth darkened, small red mark on bottom page edges]. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Good dj. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. [light soiling to top and bottom edges of covers, flowery gift inscription (non-authorial) on ffep, bookplate on front pastedown; jacket is trimmed roughly 1/8"-1/4" along top and bottom edges, small stain at upper right corner of rear panel]. "The adventures of a big-time swindler, who starts a carefully organized campaign to swindle a rich, unworldly widow and becomes entangled in a tragic situation impossible to foresee." Basis for the 1946 Warner Bros. film of the same name, starring John Garfield and Geraldine Fitzgerald. The film had a long gestation period: an original Burnett story by that title (although it's not clear that the plot was the same) was purchased by Warner Bros. in August 1941, and its upcoming production was announced to star Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan. According to Robin Smiley ("Firsts," January 2002), Burnett had finished the screenplay for… Read More

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1945 (first edition thus)/ 1945. Octavo; red cloth; leading edge uncut; covers lightly mottled and marked (chiefly the rear cover); extremities slightly bumped; ownership signature; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned, creased, chipped and torn with a little (chiefly surface) loss, and a pencilled annotation to the front flap.

CLEVELAND/NY: WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY.. 1945. First Edition. First Photoplay edition. A very good copy in a priceclipped, otherwise Vg.+ dj. (Spot of erasure at head of first blank. Spine on dj. lightly discolored. A few small chips as well as tears in dj. Text age toned) John Garfield & Geraldine Fitzgerald. .

1/1/1943. Hardcover w/DJ. 1st edition; dust jacket in protective mylar cover; head and heel of spine chipped; edges and corners shelfworn; gray cloth with dark gray decoration and writing on cover and spine; endpapers tanned; binding tight; text clean. G/G

CLEVELAND: WORLD.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Photoplay Edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Chips at crest of spine & at edges. Short edge tears. Spine on jacket unfaded. ) John Garfield cover. .

NY: ARMED SERVICES EDITIONS.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First Armed Services edition. Very good+ to near fine copy in oblong printed wrappers. (Hint of color fading at spine. Paper in the text age toned as always. ) .

NP: WARNER BROS.. 1946. Original half-sheet film POSTER. (22" X 28") Near fine on a single printed sheet. (Neatly folded square. A few light spots of shelfsoiling) Terrific art design with actor John Garfield depicted brandishing a .38, while actress Geraldine Fitzgerald clutches him in a tight embrace. Directed by Jean Negulesco, and based on the W.R. Burnett novel. .