Search Results: Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone from Royal Books, Inc.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. First Edition. First Edition. The author's first book. Adapted twice for the screen: once in 1915, as a silent film, and once in 1956, for the television series "Climax!" The novel was also the basis for the successful 1920 Broadway play "The Bat." Very Good lacking the dust jacket. Contemporary inscription on the front endpaper, with light glue darkening on the front endpaper, and moderately rubbed board edges. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First American Edition. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by the author on the front endpaper: "To Mrs. Norman / from / Liam O'Flaherty / Sept 27th 1925." The author's landmark first novel, a Haycraft Queen cornerstone, and basis for two films, one in 1929 and a better one in 1935 directed by John Ford with Victor MacLaglen in the lead. Publisher's black cloth. Very Good lacking the scarce dust jacket. Slightly shaken and somewhat cocked, some spotting to the top page edges, else clean and presentable, with color design on the front board and spine completely intact.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. First Edition. The author's seminal first novel, a cornerstone of hard-boiled fiction that was filmed twice: first in 1946 with John Garfield and Lana Turner, and more nihilistically, with a David Mamet screenplay, in 1981 with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. James M. Cain's initial title for the book was "Bar-B-Que," thankfully altered as a result of a conversation Cain had, oddly enough, with screenwriter Vincent Lawrence. Lawrence told Cain that he was always anxious about the mail arriving because it often contained rejections for scripts he had submitted. Lawrence pointed out that he dreaded the second ring, because that practice in those days was relegated exclusively to the postman that goes back to the Victorian era in England. Cain decided it was an appropriate metaphor for the fate of the book's protagonist. Near Fine in a moderately rubbed, about Near Fine, professionally restored dust jacket. In a custom gray cloth slipcase. Haycraft… Read More

New York: D. Appleton, 1909. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good, with no dust jacket. Slight spine lean, with moderately rubbed board edges and spine, and a couple of faint scuffs on the rear board. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1932. First Edition. First Edition, with "F-G" code on copyright page, as called for. A Harper Sealed Mystery, with seal partially intact (see images). Basis for several film adaptations, most notably the 1940 British film "Crimes at the Dark House" (1940) and the US film "The Woman in White." Very Good plus in a Very Good plus example of the scarce dust jacket. Boards slightly bowed, with a bump at the bottom left corner of the front board and light discoloration on the endpapers. Jacket lightly rubbed, with some fading on the spine panel, and a small tidemark on the top left corner of the rear panel. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.