HIGH WALL by Clark, Alan R - 1936

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1936. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 280 pp, stated First Printing. Review copy in original printed wraps., with Folding flaps. 5.28" x 7.6". Black stained top edge, "martinot" fr cover. Hinges show light wear, spine with surface creases. .

New York: Harrision Smith & Robert Haas, 1936. First edition. A good to very good copy, front cover shows water staining, stain spot along top page edge, not affecting text, through first half of the book. The dust jacket is very good, water stain show somewhat on front panel, closed tear with creasing along lower right front corner. (10164). Octavo, cloth. A scarce title which is the basis for a 1947 film noir of the same name featuring Robert Taylor. "Stylish, representative late forties noir thriller" - Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 167. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 126-127. Keaney, Film Noir Guide, p.186.

New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Pastedowns darkened, with a small stain on the front fly, else very good plus in a moderately rubbed, good dustwrapper lacking 1.25" at the foot, and with shallow loss at the crown. Brain-damaged man confesses to murder, is put in the local lunatic asylum, nurse becomes interested in his story. Basis for the classic 1947 film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and featuring Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, and Herbert Marshall.

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1936. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1947 film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Robert Taylor and Audrey Totter. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Moderate offsetting on the endpapers. Jacket is lightly rubbed and nicked at the spine ends and corners, with a shallow chip at the crown (titling not affected). In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 68.