To Catch A Thief (Bruin Crimeworks) by David Dodge - 2010-08-03

Routledge, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/n/a. Nice firm copySome spotting on front end paper, but no other marks on pages. No dj

New York: Dell Publishing. VG. 1952. Paperback. Spine is a bit creased. Book shows a bit of buckling. Small dampstain on top page block ; Cover is clean and bright, page block edge is sharp and binding is tight. Dell Book #658 ; Mass market paperback; 233 p. .

London: Penguin, 1955. Published just before the famous Alfred Hitchcock film with Carey Grant and Grace Kelly was made, which is mentioned in the back cover blurb. The cover is grubby, The corners and edges are lightly worn, and the spine is a bit flattened and sun darkened, the head of the spine has a 1 cm split on the front edge and the tail a 1.5 cm one.The page block and the page margins are tanned. Page 192 has a gap in the binding but is firmly attached. KC.. First Thus. paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1953 first edition . 658 very good - fine, reading crease Cover by Mike Ludlow. basis for the movie paperback,

Dell (#658), New York. Copyright, MCMLI, MCMLII. Paperback (11 x 16 cm), 224 pages. Very Good condition. Some edge wear (rubbing) on rear cover along the spine. Creases along spine. There is a very small rubbed spot on front cover, at top between the words 'nortorious' and 'jewel' in the headline. Page edges stained blue-green. Pages browning. Cover painting by Mike Ludlow. Additional photos available upon request.

London: Michael Joseph, 1953. Second British printing, still in the original month of UK publication, of this classic caper novel of a retired jewel thief after an imitator; first published in the US the year earlier - to this cataloguer's taste, the UK jacket art, by Barton, is far superior. Basis of the popular film by Hitchcock, starring Grace Kelly & Cary Grant. Small hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, though the endsheets are foxed & rippled, tiny ink mark to free endsheet, light bumping to spine ends; jacket shows a little edgewear, light chipping, ink 'Jenelle' to rear panel. Text clean; 222 pages. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Duodecimo.

London : M.Joseph, 1953. First UK edition. Hardcover. Based on the film with Gary Grant and Grace Kelly. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 222p.; 19cm. Subjects: 20th century Fiction. Books based on films. Fiction. 20th century.

RANDOM Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET. LAID IN CARY GRANT SIGNATURE.