Dead End

New York: Random House, 1936. First Edition. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by the author to noted Hollywood gossip columnist Louis Sobol on the front endpaper: "For Louis Sobol, swell hombre— / on his birthday. / Best wishes— / Sidney Kingsley / New York. Aug. 9, 1936."

Basis for the 1937 film noir antecedent directed by William Wyler and starring Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, and Humphrey Bogart.

Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine lightly toned. Jacket moderately toned on the spine panel and flap edges, with brief wear at the extremities and a cello tape reinforcement on the heel verso.


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