Build My Gallows High

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1946. First edition. Near fine, some dustiness to top edge in a bright near fine price clipped dust jacket, light shelf wear to spine ends and corners with very minor loss, two small closed tears to lower front panel, closed tear and creases to upper rear panel. (8159). Octavo, cloth.… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Neat name on the rear fly else near fine in good only dustwrapper with some chipping, bookstore stamps on the flaps, wrinkling, and other wear. Homes (pseudonym of Daniel Mainwaring), James M. Cain, and others scripted the classic 1947 Jacques Tourneur film noir adaptation, *Out of the Past*,… Read more about this item

Prion, London, England, United Kingdom, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Fine Condition. Fine 1st printing 2001 Prion paperback reissue, terrific cover still from the film. Mild page tanning otherwise Fine and unmarked. Size: 126\nx 198\nx 15.24mm. 160 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crime Fiction; Dance & Other Performing Arts; ISBN: 1853754129.… Read more about this item

Prion, 2001. Softcover. VG to VG-/na. Some rubbing & edgewear; small creases at edges/corners; previous owner's name inside; yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 153 pages

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1946., 1946. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine, with some minor professional restoration at the extremities. 1001 Midnights p. 377 says, "This is a taut, hard-edged thriller, powerfully told in a clipped style reminiscent of Hemingway's, with superb characterization and a hammer-blow climax.… Read more about this item

New York: Morrow, 1946. First Edition - Special RKO Radio Pictures Presentation Edition. RKO had purchased the film rights in advance of publication with the published book becoming the basis of the film noir classic, Out of the Past, starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. This copy is one of a small number of copies given to… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow, 1946. Book. Near Fine. Full Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New Smooth black calf. Lettered in gilt. With maroon Leather title labels to spine. Top edge gilt. New marbled endpapers. Housed in blue cloth slipcase. First edition of the classic noir mystery filmed as Out of the Past by Jacques… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1946. Nice solid copy. Black cloth bright and fresh with white lettering to spine still very bright. No dusting to top page edges! Textblock tight and square, no markings. Minor bump to bottom board, else fine. Price clipped jacket has 3 very small chips, one at base of… Read more about this item

1988. Simon & Schuster. New York. A Blue Murder Book. Paperback edition. 1988. First edition, thus. Small signs of use to edges and head of spine and very light foxing to covers, pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy of a scarce book.

NY: MORROW.. Very Good. 1946. First Edition. Fine, but for a faint stain at base of rear endpaper, in a very good+ or better dj. (Couple of slender chips at top edge of front cover & rear panel of dj. A few tiny chips at spine ends. Short edge tears in dj.) A bright, better than average… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.