Wild Calendar

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by the author: "To Jack / A fellow Denverite / Cordialy [sic] / Libbie Block / Valentine's Day / 1946." Rare.

The author's first novel. Basis for the 1949 film noir "Caught," directed by Max Ophuls and starring Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, and James Mason.

Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Tiny owner name stamp on the front and rear pastedowns. Detached rear jacket flap neatly repaired along the verso with cello tape.

The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 26.

[Book #156466]