Durant Theo (6 results)

hardbound. Condition: G-VG in G-VG dustwrapper. 1st Edition thriller by Theo Durant; nice dustwrapper by Brian Allderidge showing a graveyard scene; endpapers and prelims foxed, minor loss top edge of one page of prelims, minor creases to corners of some pages, o.w. G-VG throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, with medium-heavy foxing to rear panel, lighter foxing to flaps; original price of 10s. 6d. net to front flap. Dustwrapper. 235pp. sm 8vo. G-VG in G-VG dustwrapper. jacket design by Brian Allderidge (illustrator).…

viii+235pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly chipped dustwrapper. Name on ffe. A touch canted. A very good copy. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, 1951. Slight tanning to endpapers otherwise in fine condition with no inscriptions. In a striking dust jacket by Brian Allderidge, not price-clipped, very slightly rubbed at corners, now in removable protective cover. The author "Theo Durrant" is a pseudonym for a collaborative effort by twelve members of the Californian chapter of the Mystery Writers of America: Terry Adler, Anthony Boucher, Eunice Mays Boyd, Florence Ostern Faulkner, Allen Hymson, Cary Lucas, Dana Lyon, Lenore Glen Offord, Virginia Rath, Richard Shattuck, Darwin L. Teilhet and William Worley. Brian Allderidge (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy of the English first edition, in very good protected dustwrapper which is unclipped, a very small Nick to bottom of dw spine, and no marks internally. A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her. The author Theo Durrant is a pseudonym for a collaborative effort by twelve members of the Californian chapter of the Mystery Writers of America: Terry Adler, Anthony Boucher, Eunice Mays Boyd, Florence Ostern Faulkner, Allen Hymson, Cary Lucas, Dana Lyon, Lenore Glen Offord, Virginia Rath, Richard Shattuck, Darwin L. Teilhet and William Worley.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. Price clipped. Lightly chipped at extremities with some small closed tears.

Draft script for the 1958 film. Copy belonging to an unidentified crew member, with their annotations in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper and two leaves regarding lighting. Based on Theo Durant's 1951 novel "The Marble Forest." A small-town doctor must race to find his daughter after she is kidnapped and buried alive, with only hours to go until she suffocates. Director William Castle, known for his promotional gimmicks, provided each member of the audience with an official life certificate to insure them for $1,000 against death by fright. Despite the superficial hijinks, a key film in the classic string of films made by the director in the 1940s and 1950s. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, dated May 28, 1957, with credit for screenwriter Robb White. 111 leaves, with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.…