Background to Danger (Publisher's Advance Reading Copy in wrappers)
by Eric Ambler
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Basis for the 1943 film directed by Raoul Walsh, written for the screen by W.R. Burnett, and starring George Raft, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Turhan Bey. Very Good, lightly worn at the extremities, slight lean and roll with corresponding faint vertical creases to the spine. The only advance copy we have ever encountered of this key Ambler title.
Synopsis
Eric Ambler is often said to have invented the modern suspense novel. Beginning in 1937, he wrote a series of novels that were touted for their realism, in which he introduced ordinary protagonists who are thrust into political intrigue they are ill prepared to deal with. In the process he paved the way for such writers as John Le Carre, Len Deighton, and Robert Ludlum. He was awarded four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger from The Crime Writers Association, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. In addition to his novels, Ambler wrote a number of screenplays, including Rebecca , which he collaborated on with his wife, Joan Harrison. Eric Ambler died in 1998.
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Details
- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 122133
- Title
- Background to Danger (Publisher's Advance Reading Copy in wrappers)
- Author
- Eric Ambler
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Mystery and Crime | Uncorrected Proofs | Books into Film | Espionage
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books into Film; Uncorrected Proofs; Mystery and Crime;
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Reading Copy
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- Wrappers
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- First Edition
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