The Lock and the Key (First Edition) by Gruber, Frank - 1948

New York: Readers - Choice, 1948. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light edgewear. Light rubbing. Light soiling to exterior. Light wear. There is a 1" tear in front spine edge.

Ulverscroft Large Print, 1994-04. Paperback. Good. 1994 Linford Mystery paperback large print*front fly page removed*ex-library book with usual stamps and stickers*slight spine tilt b151

Murray Hill, 1948. VG/VG -. Hardcover with lightly bumped top corners in a non-price-clipped dust jacket with minor tears and rubbing at its edges

New York: Rinehart, 1948. Book. NF. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. A NF copy in a VG dust jacket with the price of $2.00 intact on the front flap. Basis for the 1956 "The Man in the Vault" starring William Campbell and Anita Ekberg..

Readers Choice Library. New York: St. John Publishing Co. , 1950 first edition. 15 very good - fine, reading crease Cover art by Wayne Blickenstaff. Digest size. paperback,

Readers Choice Library. New York: St. John Publishing Co. , 1950 first edition. 15 almost near fine Cover art by Wayne Blickenstaff. Digest size. paperback,

New York: Rinehart & Co, 1948. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed, very good plus dustwrapper with a scratch on the spine. A nice copy of a cheaply manufactured volume. Locksmith involved in cracking a safe. Filmed in 1956 by John Wayne's production company as *Man in the Vault*, with William Campbell as a locksmith coerced into helping the mob, and Anita Ekberg filling the theater as a sexy gang moll.

1948. First edition. Rinehart & Company, New York. 1948. Hardback with DW. 180 pages. Wrapper a little worn and rubbed esp. to extremities; edges of boards sl. rubbed, tail of spine a little more so.

New York: Rinehart & Company, [1948]., 1948. First edition. First edition. Fine, bright copy in bright, fresh dust jacket. Tommy Dancer was a young man with deft fingers and not too many morals. This story is what happened to him when he listened to a man with more cunning than lock-smithing ability. Basis for the 1946 RKO Pictures film "The Man In The Vault," directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, with Burt Kennedy as screenwriter and starring William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, and Anita Eckberg.

New York: Murray Hill, 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition hardback in original Lawrence Hoffman designed dustjacket , Book has no inscriptions , no spine lean , usual page toning with age , no offsetting to endpapers , no foxing ,bottom spine tip and corner pushed and rubbed, in jacket that is not spine faded , not price-clipped showing $2.00 on flap , toned with age , no tears, no wear, nice clean and bright near fine copy , not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent in quality inert removable dust jacket plastic, bubble-wrapped and in a strong box. We are a full time Independent bookseller established in 1999..