Methinks The Lady…

New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1945. First Edition. First printing, with the number "1" at the top of the copyright page as called for. REVIEW COPY, with review slips from Doubleday, Doran and Company and The New York Times laid in.

Basis for the 1949 film noir, "Whirlpool," directed by Otto Preminger, written for the screen by Ben Hecht and starring Gene Tierney, Richard Conte and Jose Ferrer.

Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Pinhead size nick at top edge of the rear board. Jacket is dated "10/26" in manuscript pencil under the author's name on the front panel, with a one-inch tear and accompanying creasing on the front panel, light soil to the rear panel, and light toning and fading to the spine and flap folds. A presentable copy.

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