The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope -by C W Grafton ( A Gilmore Henry Mystery )

New York: N.Y. / New York: Triangle Books / The Blakiston Company, 1944, 1st Triangle Blakiston Edition, 2nd Printing, 1944. ----------( 2nd printing of the reprint Edition ) ---hard cover, a solid Very Good example with light rubbing to edges, heavy browning to paper, ---in a POOR dustjacket with 2/3s of the spine missing, some other chips and tears, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, GRAFTON was the father of Sue Grafton, ---bookplate for Sterling and Margaret Campbell partially attached to front flap, --- STERLING CAMPBELL was a Canadian aviator and film director best known for the 1947 film Bush Pilot, one of the first narrative feature films ever produced by a Canadian film production company. ---Campbell served in the Canadian Army during the First World War. He later worked in Hollywood, California as a technical and action assistant director, including the films Wings, Dawn Patrol, Hell's Angels, Air Circus, Legion of the Condemned, Forced Landing and Ceiling Zero, and as an assistant to Cecil B. DeMille and Howard Hawks. He also had minor acting roles in the films Forced Landing, Hands Across the Table, Professional Soldier and Love Is News. ---He subsequently returned to Canada, where he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He married Margaret Campbell, later a Toronto City Councillor and Member of Provincial Parliament, in 1941 ---With Geoffrey Wood, Larry Cromien and Austin Willis, Campbell launched Dominion Productions in 1946 Bush Pilot was the company's first film. Due to poorer than expected revenues, however, the company never released another film under their management, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (see description)/Poor (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 5.25w x 7.5h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.