Jim Thompson — The Getaway

London, W. H. Allen, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of Jim Thompson's popular crime novel about about a bank robbery gone awry. The uncommon first UK edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.First published in the US as a paperback in 1958, this UK first is also the first hardcover edition of the work, published to coincide with the release of Sam Peckinpah's 1972 film version, starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw.The original tagline of the novel read 'Doc McCoy pulls off what he thinks is the perfect bank robbery, but there are things he has forgotten, including a treacherous partner, his amateur criminal wife, and that there is no such thing as a clean getaway&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally fine. Significant tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse, at head and tail of front wrap and back strip. Major closed tears to front wrap, with amateur restorations to head and tail of front wrap and back strip. Sunning to back strip. Clear tape repairs to front wrap tail. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Good.