Search Results: before the fact by iles

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932., 1932. First edition. First U. S. edition. Former owner's name label at top of front pastedown sheet and inked name at top of front fly leaf, else a fine, bright copy with red top edges bright in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners, and extremities, and a corner torn off the top edge of the rear flap. After eight years of marriage, Lina Aysgarth discovers that her husband is a murderer. Haycraft- Queen Cornerstone and basis for the 1941 Oscar winning Hitchcock classic Suspicion, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. A rare book in collectors’ condition.

NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. The cloth/top edge has mild scattered dampstains, spine sunned, corners bumped. A small blurb is glued to the ffep from The New Yorker, Feb 4, 1933. PO info pencilled to ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Modern Library, 1945. Nice copy in first stated ML printing. ML Giant. Unmarked, tight and square. Minor edgewear at spine ends. In mylar. . First Modern Library Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/Very Good Plus to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Book 419. First paperback publication. Basis for the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock movie featuring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. First leaf was cut a bit short. A bright, near fine copy. ; Small octavo.

London: Victor Gollanc Ltd., 1932. The book that formed the basis for the Hitchcock film " Suspicion". Black cloth with pale green lettering on the spine. 352 pages. 5.25 X 7.5 inches. Externally the book is a rubbed with a lean to the spine, and wear to the cloth at the corners. The lettering on the spine is dullled, and the "Gollancz" imprint at the foot of the spine is indistinct. Browning to the page edges, and offsetting to the endpapers. The endpapers are showing some splitting starting at the hinges, although not opening overly, and hinges all fairly sound. A few pages with crerasing to straigthned dogeared corners. A good copy, no dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Modern Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1945. First Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. We consider each and every book we sell to be a treasure. That's why we provide accurate individualized condition descriptions; ship in sturdy protective packaging; and offer excellent customer service.; Stated First Modern Library Giant Edition. Charcoal cloth coer is frayed at corners but clean and in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs toned with clipped corner of front end sheet. Pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine. ; Modern Library Giant, G66. 1; 660 pages .

New York: Modern Library (Random House), 1945. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition.. Modern Library Giant No. G66. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Clean red cloth boards with oval torch bearer logo on cover and spine. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Pages and edges are clean, with dark blue top-stained upper page edges. Three novels, complete and unabridged, in one volume. Selected, and with an Introduction by Bennett A. Cerf, Editor of the Modern Library. 660 pages. Clean bright jacket has slight wear at spine ends, tiny bit of edge wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Doubleday Doran: NY, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Without dust jacket. Sold as a nice reading copy only of this scarce edition. Octavo, 7 3/4” tall, 310 pages, black titles on red cloth. A very good minus over all, internally clean, hard cover with moderate shelf wear, but cloth color significantly faded at the fore-edge margin of both covers front and back from foxing, slight foxing to the fore-edge, corners rubbed, binding solid, paper lightly yellowed, but with a small neat penned signature from a previous owner. Without dust jacket.

London: Gollancz. Uncommon. Crime novel. Publishers black cloth, titled green. Former circulating library copy with endpapers removed and ownership stamps to front and rear . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1932.

New York:: Dell Publishing,, 1958.. First printing. Paperback. Collectable, very good. First printing of the Dell mass market paperback D215. Very nice condition. No hinge creases. Very slight wear at corners, very small gouge along front edge of spine. Surface of cover is not quite as new but extremely close. Sound binding. No marks. Pages slightly tanned due to age. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Doubleday, Doran, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition stated. Light damp stain to the cloth and the entire text block, although limited to the edges. In a facsimile dustjacket.

Dell D Series. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1958 first edition . D-215 very good , creases #11 in the mystery series paperback,

New York: Pocket Books, 1947. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. First printing. Edges rubbed, half inch tear along top edge of front cover. 1947 Mass Market Paperback. 278 pp. Before the Fact is a ground-breaking psychological drama of immense power, described as 'one of the finest studies of murder ever written'. Inspiring Hitchcock's classic film Suspicion, this classic title was written in the golden age of crime fiction and remains utterly compelling to this day. When wealthy but plain Lina McLaidlaw marries feckless Johnny Aysgarth, she is certain she can change him for the better. Despite her hopes, she is soon forced to acknowledge the truth - that he is not only a compulsive liar and a crook but also a murderer. She continues to love him, while fearing she will inevitably become one of his victims. Written in the age of Agatha Christie's mysteries, this suspenseful novel turns the storytelling on its head, introducing you to the murderer early on before… Read More

U.S.: Dell D215, 1958. Solid with a crease on the spine and the covers show wear from rubbing.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.