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Criterion, 1999-01-25. dvd. New. 7x5x0.

Avon, 1952. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Avon 531..

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 dust jacket is quite worn. Chipping to the spine ends and corners, wear along the flap folds. There is a large, light stain to the rear panel. This does also affect the spine but is not seen to the exterior. A 1" tear with some skinning of the color to the upper, front edge. A long split to the front flap fold. Price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages .

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 by Henri-Georges Clouzot & staring Yves Montand and Charles Vanel.

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 price. There is a mild tear to the front panel, with tape repairs internally. The boards are free from notable wear in the publisher's red cloth. The text blocks are mostly clean, with sparse spotting present. The internals are clean and this is a very good copy overall.An unbearably tense classic thriller about men with nothing to lose in the toughest place on Earth.

Farrar Straus Giroux. First American Edition, Second Printing. Original light brown cloth over boards, quarterbound in teal cloth, with titles and designed stamped in black on spine. Dust jacket is brightly colored, not price-clipped, with no sunning, some chips to edges. The American edition is notably uncommon in dust jacket. Basis for the superb 1953 French language film 'Le Salaire de la Peur,' directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Yves Montand and Charles Vanel. A Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1952.

N.p.: N.p., 1953. Vintage reference photograph of (L-R) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Charles Vanel, unidentified woman, and Vera Clouzot on the set of the 1953 French film. Based on the 1950 French novel by Georges Arnaud. Remade in 1958 as "Violent Road," directed by Howard W. Koch starring Brian Keith and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and again in 1977 as "Sorcerer," directed by William Friedkin, and starring Roy Scheider and Bruno Cremer. Henri-Georges Clouzot's breakthrough masterpiece, a tense and literally volatile thriller. Four luckless Europeans are hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks of nitroglycerine through the South American wilderness to extinguish a fire in the oil fields. Winner of the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Gard and Bouches-du-Rhone, France. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 36. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby France.

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. Very scarce first impression in a decent dj.

N.p.: N.p., 1953. Collection of six vintage borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1953 French film. Based on the 1950 novel by Georges Arnaud. Director Henri-Georges Clouzot's breakthrough masterpiece, a tense, literally volatile thriller which follows a team of four luckless Europeans who have been hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks of nitroglycerine through the South American wilderness to extinguish a fire which has broken out in the oil fields. Received the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Shot on location in and around Gard, France. 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 36. Rosenbaum 1000. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant France. Selby France.

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. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with $3.00 price rubber-stamped in red ink left of the clip; some light rubbing to extremities, a few closed tears, and a small chip to upper right corner of front panel with some attendant creasing; a bright, Very Good+ example. The American edition is notably uncommon in dustjacket. Basis for the superb 1953 French language film 'Le Salaire de la Peur,' directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Yves Montand and Charles Vanel.

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 this title which is seldom found in collectable condition. The basis for the1953 French thriller movie: Le salaire de la peur) directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Yves Montand. The film brought Clouzot international fame winning both the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or at the 1953 Berlin Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival respectively and enabled him to direct Les Diaboliques. Photographs/scans available upon request.

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 publisher's original tissue paper dust jacket.