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NY: D. APPLETON & CO, 1947 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. TITLE: KNOCK ON ANY DOOR By WILLARD MOTLEY 1947 first edition AUTHOR: WILLARD MOTLEY PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: D. Appleton - Century Company, NY 1947 EDITION: First Edition with none stated; there is a (1) at the very end of the last page. CATEGORY: Mystery, Love BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Grayish Green CONDITION: The jacket has some chipping and splitting in a number of area; there is also a stain on the back flap at the lower corner edge (does not penetrate to the board). The $3.00 is still on the front flap. There is a (1) at the very end of the last page. Very very minor spot to the back endpaper at the lower corner edge. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 504 pages. Good-/Fair+ dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition with none stated;… Read More

New York: Appleton-Century, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1949 Nicholas Ray film noir starring Humphrey Bogart. About Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Slight spine lean. Jacket spine ends lightly restored. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 200.

First Edition/First Printing; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. A handsome copy of this novel, the basis for the Humphrey Bogart noir film. This copy is in near fine condition showing only some light rubbing and a couple of tiny bumps to the board edges; housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that shows some minor rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges, a couple of short closed tears to the top of the front panel, and a few areas of discreet tape repair to the verso of the jacket. Overall a presentable and collectible copy. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($3.00 intact), not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

Appleton-Centur. DJ in archival cover price clipped large chipped at head of spine edge ware. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.

New York: D. Appleton- Century Company, Inc., 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ; Near Fine condition. SIGNED & inscribed by author (""For the mother and father of my good friend xxxx- Hoping you will both like this- my first attempt. Sincerely Willard Motley/ June 11, 1947"") on 1st blank page. First Edition, 2nd printing; c. 1947, ""(2)"" on last page of text. Gray- tan cloth binding tight, bright, square & clean w/ little to no wear. NO bumps, frays, scuffs or spine discolor. All blue lettering (w/ shadowed title) crisp & intact. Text is tight, clean & unmarked w/ only very light toning. NO brown spotting, hinge splits, etc.; NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy- displays extremely well.

New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Author's first book. Very Good in a Good trimmed dust jacket, several chips and tears, creasing top front panel with a large closed tear, small owner inscription.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Appleton-Century, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1949 Nicholas Ray film, starring Humphrey Bogart. Good or better in a like dust jacket. Book has a slight lean, with a couple of stains to the binding. Jacket toned, with a chip at the heel and partial separation at the folds-but otherwise it's all there. A presentable copy.

Mexico: Compania Editorial Continental S.A., 1955. Softcover. Fine. First Mexican edition. Pages a bit browned, else fine in fine self-wrappers. The author's first book. Humphrey Bogart financed and starred in the hard-hitting film noir adaptation by Nicholas Ray, in which he played an attorney trying to keep a young, embittered criminal (played by John Derek in his debut) from the electric chair. Dooley Wilson (Sam of *Casablanca*) also had a small role as a piano player, his only re-teaming with Bogart. At his death the Chicago-born Motley, whose fiction was often race-blind, was considered one of the leading African-American novelists of his time.