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London: Gollancz, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1932). First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with green spine lettering. The usual offsetting to both the front and rear end-paper otherwise a bright and clean near fine copy. In the RARE D/W priced 7/6 net to the spine (as called for). The D/W is complete with the usual toning to the spine (typical of Gollancz yellow first editions of this vintage). There is just a hint of creasing at the head of the spine and slight darkening to the edges of both the front and rear panels. The back panel has a small brown splash. The basis for the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock movie "Suspicion" (starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant) although the endings of the movie and the novel differ significantly. "A masterpiece of psychological, suspense. A very nice copy indeed. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932., 1932. First edition. First U. S. edition. Former owner's name label at top of front pastedown sheet and inked name at top of front fly leaf, else a fine, bright copy with red top edges bright in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners, and extremities, and a corner torn off the top edge of the rear flap. After eight years of marriage, Lina Aysgarth discovers that her husband is a murderer. Haycraft- Queen Cornerstone and basis for the 1941 Oscar winning Hitchcock classic Suspicion, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. A rare book in collectors’ condition.

NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. The cloth/top edge has mild scattered dampstains, spine sunned, corners bumped. A small blurb is glued to the ffep from The New Yorker, Feb 4, 1933. PO info pencilled to ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Modern Library, 1945. Nice copy in first stated ML printing. ML Giant. Unmarked, tight and square. Minor edgewear at spine ends. In mylar. . First Modern Library Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/Very Good Plus to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Book 419. First paperback publication. Basis for the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock movie featuring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. First leaf was cut a bit short. A bright, near fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Doubleday Doran: NY, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Without dust jacket. Sold as a nice reading copy only of this scarce edition. Octavo, 7 3/4” tall, 310 pages, black titles on red cloth. A very good minus over all, internally clean, hard cover with moderate shelf wear, but cloth color significantly faded at the fore-edge margin of both covers front and back from foxing, slight foxing to the fore-edge, corners rubbed, binding solid, paper lightly yellowed, but with a small neat penned signature from a previous owner. Without dust jacket.

London: Victor Gollanc Ltd., 1932. The book that formed the basis for the Hitchcock film " Suspicion". Black cloth with pale green lettering on the spine. 352 pages. 5.25 X 7.5 inches. Externally the book is a rubbed with a lean to the spine, and wear to the cloth at the corners. The lettering on the spine is dullled, and the "Gollancz" imprint at the foot of the spine is indistinct. Browning to the page edges, and offsetting to the endpapers. The endpapers are showing some splitting starting at the hinges, although not opening overly, and hinges all fairly sound. A few pages with crerasing to straigthned dogeared corners. A good copy, no dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

USA.: Pocket Books., 1947. 279 pgs. (Pocket Book # 419; STATED FIRST EDITION; States Pocket Bookedition published April 1947; 1st printing March 1947;; First Paperback Printing). This edition with drawing of Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine on the cover. The novel became Hitchcock's Suspicion. "The Story on which the movie - SUSPICION was based on. "Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them. Lina Aysgarth had lived with her husband fo rnearly 8 years before she realized that she married to a murderer." >> Very Nice Copy. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition By This Publisher.. Soft Cover. FINE+, Near New. Illus. by GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover. Mass Market Paperback.

NY, Modern Library, 1945 First Modern Library Giant edition stated. 660 page hardcover in dust jacket. Francis Iles, E.C. Bentley, A.E.W. Mason, selected and with an introduction by Bennett A. Cerf. Three famous Murder Novels: Before The Fact, Trent's Last Case, The House of the Arrow. A very good to near fine copy with light wear as shown, in a good to very good dust jacket with light dust soiling and wear and light chipping to the top edge of the rear panel. See Photos bx 403 /E

New York:: Dell Publishing,, 1958.. First printing. Paperback. VERY GOOD PLUS. First printing of the Dell mass market paperback D215. Very nice condition. No hinge creases. Very slight wear at corners, very small gouge along front edge of spine. Surface of cover is not quite as new but extremely close. Sound binding. No marks. Pages slightly tanned due to age.

1932 First UK Victor Gollancz edition. Hardback. Some foxing. Webbing showing to endpapers. Good copy. ( F 10/21.)

Pocket Books, 1947. PB 419, first PB printing. 'Movie' edition with drawing of Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine on the cover. The novel became Hitchcock's Suspicion. Cover delaminating, creased at bottom corner, small surface tear to top edge. Binding cocked, text block aged, one page torn 1" at top edge. 279 pp.. 1st Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Book.

USA.: Pocket Books., 1947. 279 pgs. (Pocket Book # 419; STATED FIRST EDITION; States Pocket Bookedition published April 1947; 1st printing March 1947;; First Paperback Printing). This edition with drawing of Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine on the cover. The novel became Hitchcock's Suspicion. "The Story on which the movie - SUSPICION was based on. "Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them. Lina Aysgarth had lived with her husband fo rnearly 8 years before she realized that she married to a murderer." >> Creasing to covers. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition By This Publisher.. Soft Cover. Very Good to Fine. Illus. by GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover. Mass Market Paperback.

Perennial Library, Harper & Row, 1980. Paperback. Good. 1980. First Edition Thus. 310 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

New York: Pocket Books, 1947. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. First printing. Edges rubbed, half inch tear along top edge of front cover. 1947 Mass Market Paperback. 278 pp. Before the Fact is a ground-breaking psychological drama of immense power, described as 'one of the finest studies of murder ever written'. Inspiring Hitchcock's classic film Suspicion, this classic title was written in the golden age of crime fiction and remains utterly compelling to this day. When wealthy but plain Lina McLaidlaw marries feckless Johnny Aysgarth, she is certain she can change him for the better. Despite her hopes, she is soon forced to acknowledge the truth - that he is not only a compulsive liar and a crook but also a murderer. She continues to love him, while fearing she will inevitably become one of his victims. Written in the age of Agatha Christie's mysteries, this suspenseful novel turns the storytelling on its head, introducing you to the murderer early on before going on… Read more

Dell D Series. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1958 first edition . D-215 very good , creases #11 in the mystery series paperback,

New York: Pocket, 1947. Book. VG+. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. A VG+ copy. Pocket Book #419. MTI. First printing..

U.S.: Dell D215, 1958. Solid with a crease on the spine and the covers show wear from rubbing.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.