1943, ISBN: 0993dfd33020b91a1b4d9df31cc2f295

Edition reliée

Near Fine, [SC: 23.04], [PU: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston], VERA CASPARY, LAURA FIRST EDITION, GENE TIERNEY, BEDELIA, BEDELIA ISIDOR GOLDSMITH, Jacket, Octavo, 237pp. Blue cloth, titl… Plus…

Near Fine, [SC: 23.04], [PU: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston], VERA CASPARY, LAURA FIRST EDITION, GENE TIERNEY, BEDELIA, BEDELIA ISIDOR GOLDSMITH, Jacket, Octavo, 237pp. Blue cloth, title in red on spine and front cover. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Title page features "1943" publishing date, removed for later printings. Solid text block, bookseller's label on rear pastedown, bookplate removed from front free endpaper, a touch of rubbing to corners, a near fine example. In publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, archivally repaired with tissue on verso, light wear to flap folds, toning to spine. First state points include $2.50 retail price on front flap, rear flap with advertisement for "PSYCHOTHRILLERS," and rear panel with piece about author and "Buy War Bonds" ad. A scarce, very good example. Housed in custom cloth clamshell with dust jacket reproduction mounted to front panel. (Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 54). Vera Caspary (1899-1987) was an American author and member of the Communist party under an alias. Laura was Caspary's best-known work, originally released in a seven-part series in Collier's magazine from October to November 1942. This copy is a first printing of the fully compiled series and was adapted into a film of the same name in 1944 starring Gene Tierney.<

1943, ISBN: 0993dfd33020b91a1b4d9df31cc2f295

Edition reliée, Première édition

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 41.52], [PU: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston], MYSTERY, BOOKSINTOFILM, ASSOCIATIONCOPY NOISBN, Jacket, First edition. A bit cocked, small tears and light f… Plus…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 41.52], [PU: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston], MYSTERY, BOOKSINTOFILM, ASSOCIATIONCOPY NOISBN, Jacket, First edition. A bit cocked, small tears and light fraying at the crown, a good copy in a price-clipped good later issue dustwrapper which is sunned at the spine and has some chipping on the front panel. An exceptional association copy of this title. Inscribed by Caspary in the year of publication to George and Miriam Sklar: "For Miriam and George - who feed and shelter me, sympathize with me in my worst moods, listen to my beefs, and still collaborate, with my best, first-class, grade-A love - Vera Jan. 21, 1943." The Sklars were very close to Caspary. George Sklar was a leftist playwright and novelist and the co-author with Caspary of the play adaptation of *Laura,* as well as several other plays. One of the scarcest film source books, basis for the classic 1944 film directed by Otto Preminger (and Rouben Mamoulian) and starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, and Clifton Webb. The film is reportedly to be remade. The only significant association copy we've ever seen offered for sale.<

2018, ISBN: 0993dfd33020b91a1b4d9df31cc2f295

Reader's Digest, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed… Plus…

Reader's Digest, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Reader's Digest, 2018, 3<