High Wall by Clark (6 results)
High Wall (Original double weight photograph from the 1947 film)
Curtis Bernhardt (director); Bradbury Foote, Alan R. Clark (playwrights); Sydney Boehm, Lester Cole (screenwriters); Robert Taylor, H.B. Warner, Audrey Totter (starring)
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA 1947
- Photo
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage double weight studio still photograph from the 1947 film. Mimeograph snipe to the verso. Featuring Robert Taylor and Audrey Totter canoodling somewhat begrudgingly. Robert Taylor shines in this challenging role an ex-pilot accused of murdering his wife after discovering she is having an affair with her boss (Herbert Mars…hall). Unfortunately he suffers from a war injury that results in occasional blackouts, and he goes on a desperate hunt (aided by a sympathetic psychiatric doctor Audrey Totter) in an attempt to find out the truth. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Grant US Classic Noir. Selby US Canon. Spicer US. Selby and Ward Classic Noir.
More imagesPublished by Michael Joseph, London 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United KingdomThe Bookshop at Beech Cottage
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 65.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 288pp. Brown cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine. Slightly sun lightened at tail of spine. Touch of shelf wear to top and tail of spine. Hint of lean to spine. Pale yellow end papers. No inscriptions. Slight spotting to fore edge. Clean ins…ide pages. Unclipped dust jacket (7/6) in only fair condition. Black lettering on white b/g with bold red line design. Creased 40mm tear to lower front edge and 10mm square label (?) residue. Sun faded spine with black lettering. Loss to top of spine cover (65mm wide by 15mm deep) and loss to tail of spine cover (45mm wide by 40mm deep). Back cover intact as are both flaps. All protected in archival film.
More imagesPublished by Michael Joseph, London 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, United KingdomLycanthia Rare Books
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 160.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6. Psychological novel transferred to the big screen in 1947, starring Robert Taylor. A very good example of the book; jacket slightly sunned at spine, some chips and minor holes. Psychological nov…el transferred to the big screen in 1947, starring Robert Taylor. Book.
More imagesPublished by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1947 film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Robert Taylor and Audrey Totter. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Moderate offsetting on the endpapers. Jacket is lightly rubbed and nicked at the spine ends and corners, with a shallow chip at the crown (titli…ng not affected). In a custom green quarter-leather clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 68.
More imagesPublished by Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 965.49
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Pastedowns darkened, with a small stain on the front fly, else very good plus in a moderately rubbed, good dust jacket lacking 1.25" at the foot, and with shallow loss at the crown. Brain-damaged man confesses to murder, is put in the local lunatic asyl…um, nurse becomes interested in his story. Basis for the classic 1947 film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and featuring Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, and Herbert Marshall.
Published by Harrision Smith & Robert Haas, New York 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. Octavo, cloth. A scarce title which is the basis for a 1947 film noir of the same name featuring Robert Taylor. "Stylish, representative late forties noir thriller" - Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 167. [Reference: Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition),…pp. 126-127. Keaney, Film Noir Guide, p.186]. A good to very good copy, front cover shows water staining, stain spot along top page edge, not affecting text, through first half of the book. The dust jacket is very good, water stain show somewhat on front panel, closed tear with creasing along lower right front corner. (10164).
