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Hamilton, Patrick
Hangover Square
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London: Constable, 1941. First Edition. The larger of the two known binding variants (no priority), with the boards measuring 19 x 13 centimeters and a board-to-board thickness of 2.5 centimeters, all other points being the same. Very Good in a Good to Very Good dust jacket. Small closed tear to page 183 not affecting text. Backstrip is a bit faded, with some light spotting to the lower left corner of the rear board, contemporary owner name and date on the first leaf. Jacket is complete, with some chipping along the top and bottom edges and at the spine ends (a portion of the publisher name is affected at the heel), and toning to the spine panel. Basis for the classic 1945 film noir directed by John Brahm and starring Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell and George Sanders. The film was Cregar's final performance, arguably his best, as a famed composer who has a chronic habit of slipping into a demented second personality and murdering the next person who crosses his path. Interestingly, the filmmakers chose to transpose the book's then-present-day setting of the late 1930s to that of 19th century Edwardian London, resulting in a look that was an unexpected counterpoint to Hamilton's "Gaslight." [Book #106262]
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