High Wray (First UK Edition)
by Ken Hughes
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: John Gifford, 1952. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1954 film noir "Heat Wave" directed by Hughes and starring Alex Nicol and Hillary Brooke. Hughes was a prolific film director and screenwriter, with "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968) and "Casino Royale" (1967), the first James Bond spoof, to his credit.
Very Good plus in a Very Good plus example of the scarce dust jacket. Slight spine lean, boards lightly mottled, owner inscription on the front endpaper obscured by correction fluid, and light foxing. Some loss to the jacket spine ends, with light rubbing and foxing overall, tiny cello-tape repairs on the verso, and short corner creases to the jacket flaps.
Not to be confused with the common Thriller Book Club edition, and one of the more difficult of the author's few titles.
Very Good plus in a Very Good plus example of the scarce dust jacket. Slight spine lean, boards lightly mottled, owner inscription on the front endpaper obscured by correction fluid, and light foxing. Some loss to the jacket spine ends, with light rubbing and foxing overall, tiny cello-tape repairs on the verso, and short corner creases to the jacket flaps.
Not to be confused with the common Thriller Book Club edition, and one of the more difficult of the author's few titles.
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Details
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 131790
- Title
- High Wray (First UK Edition)
- Author
- Ken Hughes
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Gifford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Books into Film | Mystery and Crime | Film Noir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books into Film; Film Noir; Mystery and Crime;
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www.royalbooks.com
We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....