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This Gun For Hire - First Edition 1936 -Studio copy
by Greene, Graham
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- first
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Graham Greene. This Gun For Hire. Garden City NY, 1936. Duodecimo. Beige covers and forest green spine labels, no dust jacket. This copy was the RKO Studio Library copy, marked as such by stamps on both pastedowns and a call number inked on the spine,The movie version was filmed right next door, at Paramount, in 1942. Graham Greene's novel This Gun for Hire was published in the U.S. in 1936, and this is the true first edition. At the time, several movie studios considered obtaining rights to the book. These included RKO, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures. Eventually, Paramount bought the rights in 1936, however, the film was not made for several more years; it was reactivated in 1941, with Frank Tuttle assigned as director.[7] The book's plot line was kept essentially unchanged, though moved from the original European and British setting to an American one. The 1942 film starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd was a huge success. This Gun for Hire is considered by many modern sources as one of the first important pictures in the "film noir" genre. First edition with a great association, in very good condition.
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- Max Rambod Inc.
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- 15937
- Title
- This Gun For Hire - First Edition 1936 -Studio copy
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Book Condition
- Used
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For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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