Graham Greene — This Gun for Hire

New York, Triangle Books, 1942. Cloth. The first photoplay edition of Graham Greene's crime novel, adapated to a film noir of the same name. The first photoplay edition. First published in the US in June 1936, and in the UK a month later under the title 'A Gun for Sale&apos.  In the original price clipped dust wrapper depicting a scene from the Paramount adaptation starring Veronica Lake and Robert Preston.  The novel predates Greene's more famous work 'Brighton Rock' but utilises the same plot device of a singlular death causing a ripple effect for the rest of the novel.  In the original cloth binding in the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally smart with bumping to the extremities resulting in split to cloth at head. Scattered spotting to spine. Small tidemark to head of front free endpaper. Dust wrapper is smart with chipping and the occasional closed tear to extremities. Spotting and handling marks to wrap. Internally firmly bound. Age toning due to paper used. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.