Martha Albrand — After Midnight

New York, Random House, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first U.S. edition of this fantastic revenge-plot thriller by Martha Albrand. The scarce first U.S. edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'After Midnight' is a tense thriller following American OSS operative Webster Carr as he tries to discover who betrayed him to the Germans during the war.This novel had originally been serialised in 'The Saturday Evening Post', as 'Dishonored', and was adapted to screen in 1950 as 'Captain Carey, U.S.A&apos.By Martha Albrand, who won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière International Prize for this novel.Lacking the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front endpaper has been removed. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with small chips and closed tears. Light rubbing to the wraps. Spine is sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.