Before Wake by Hal Debrett (4 results)
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Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, CanadaScene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 38.45
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this novel. Light edgewear. Closed hole to the spine. A 1-inch tear to the bottom edge of the front cover. In very good / good condition.
Before I Wake (First Edition)
Davis Dresser (Brett Halliday) and Kathleen Rollins Dresser writing as Hal DeBrett
Published by Dodd, Mead, New York, 1949
- First Edition
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1954 film noir "Shadow of Fear." Davis Dresser also wrote apart from his wife under the pseudonym Brett Halliday, best known for the long-running Mike Shayne series. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Page edges faintly foxed, with slightly bumped spine ends. Jacket spine i…s vertically split, neatly repaired with Japanese tissue on the verso, and a few stray green ink marks to the rear panel.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Wild Hills Books, Largo, FL, U.S.A.Wild Hills Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 211 pages. The book has an interesting inscription from the author, Hal Debrett, a pen name of Brett Halliday, who was married to mystery writer Helen McCloy. It reads: "East Hampton L. I. / 4-22-49 / For Grandmother / from McCloy / via her father. / Si…ncerely / Hal Debrett." Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.
Published by New York Dodd, Mead & Co. 1949, 1949
- First Edition
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. A lightly handled copy with some small tears to the top and bottom edges of the spine in a lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some rubbing to the flap folds and some small chips and tears.
