Wages Of Fear

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; rough brown cloth over boards, quarterbound in teal cloth, with titles and designed stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 186pp. Stamp of Edmund Grainger Productions on front endpaper, dated 1952, and likely from a production company involved in the making of the film; a Fine copy.… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Young. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. (1952). First American Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth spine and tan boards. A touch of fading to the upper and lower spine ends. A few minor white scuffs to the lower spine rear edge. The lower corners are bumped. The interior is completely clean and tight. The… Read more 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… Read more about this item

London : Bodley Head, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some minor loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine bands worn. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 190 pages ; 20cm. Notes: Translation of 'Le Salaire de la peur.' Subjects: French fiction-- Translations into English.

London: The Bodley Head, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First printing, English translation by Norman Dale. Text is Fine with no wear, no owner's marks. Dj is not price-clipped. Has a couple of closed tears, slight loss at tips (under 1/8") and one chip from the bottom of the front panel about 1 X .75 inch.… Read more about this item

The Bodley Head, 1952. 1st English edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, G/G. 191pp, dustjacket chipped & worn with a little loss at the edges, rear panel of the dustjacket tanned, pages a little yellowed. The first English edition of Arnaud's 1950 novel 'Le Salaire de la Peur', which became the basis for the film of the same name directed… Read more about this item

Paris: Julliard, 1950. First French Edition. Basis for the 1953 breakthrough masterpiece by Henri-Georges Clouzot, as well as the 1958 remake "Violent Road," directed by Howard W. Koch, and the 1977 remake "Sorcerer," directed by William Friedkin. About Near Fine, with faint foxing on the page block, in a Very Good plus or better example of the… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head (1952). First UK edition, first printing. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Vinten, is bright to both panels though suffers from some wear at the corners. There is some major separation at the head and foot of the spine. It has not been price clipped, showing the original 9s. 6d. net… Read more about this item