Original photograph of Ira Levin receiving an Edgar Award for his 1953 novel "A Kiss Before Dying"

N.p. N.p., 1954. Vintage photograph of Mystery Writers of America (MWA) founding member Lawrence Treat presenting Ira Levin with the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel for Levin's 1953 novel "A Kiss Before Dying," at the Edgar Awards Dinner, April 21, 1954. Levin would be named an MWA Grand Master in 2003.

"A Kiss Before Dying" was made into two feature films, in the 1956 film noir, directed by Gerd Oswald, and starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, and Virginia Leith, and in 1991, directed by James Dearden, and starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young.

8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

[Book #159078]