The Wages of Fear
by ARNAUD GEORGES
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bodley Head, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's scarlet boards with black lettering to the spine. A bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down otherwise a near fine copy in like D/W minisculy rubbed to the head of the spine. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this title which is seldom found in collectable condition. The basis for the1953 French thriller movie: Le salaire de la peur) directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Yves Montand. The film brought Clouzot international fame winning both the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or at the 1953 Berlin Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival respectively and enabled him to direct Les Diaboliques. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490719436
- Title
- The Wages of Fear
- Author
- ARNAUD GEORGES
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...