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HUTCHINSON Book. Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN DJ. Basis for the classic Henri-Georges Clouzot film Les Diaboliques, with Simone Signoret and the director's wife Vera Clouzot, in which the two women conspire to murder their sadistic husband/lover..
The Woman Who Was No More (First Edition) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac - 1954
by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
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The Woman Who Was No More (First Edition)
by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
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New York: Rinehart, 1954. First American Edition, and first in English, preceded by the French edition published in 1952 by Editions Denoel.
Basis for the classic 1955 French film noir "Diabolique," directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, and Paul Meurisse.
Very Good plus, with a slight lean, in a Good dust jacket. Jacket is chipped, with one affecting the publisher name at the heel, with light oil and toning, and a few short closed tears.
Grant France. Selby France.
Basis for the classic 1955 French film noir "Diabolique," directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, and Paul Meurisse.
Very Good plus, with a slight lean, in a Good dust jacket. Jacket is chipped, with one affecting the publisher name at the heel, with light oil and toning, and a few short closed tears.
Grant France. Selby France.
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Royal Books, Inc.
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- Publisher Rinehart
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1954
- Keywords Books into Film | Mystery and Crime | Film Noir
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The Woman Who Was No More
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The Woman Who Was No More
by BOILEAU, Pierre and Thomas Narcejac
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New York: Rinehart, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Page edges browned, else fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a bit of rubbing and one small, internal tape repair. An exceptionally uncommon title, the first book by this French team to be published in the U.S. Basis for the classic Henri-Georges Clouzot film *Les Diaboliques*, with Simone Signoret and the director's wife Vera Clouzot, in which the two women conspire to murder their sadistic husband/lover. The film is arguably the best psychological thriller of all time, and one from which many of the conventions of the genre stem. Alfred Hitchcock, already well-established as the "Master of Suspense," was upset at having missed the film rights to this book and took special care to acquire the rights to Boileau and Narcejac's follow-up, which became *Vertigo*. Later remade several times, including a 1994 version with Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani. A translation from the French, and published before the film was released,…
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The Woman Who Was No More
by BOILEAU, Pierre and Thomas Narcejac
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Jacket Condition
- Fine
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Rinehart and Company, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Page edges very slightly browned, still fine in fine dustwrapper. An exceptionally uncommon title, the first book by this French team to be published in the U.S. Basis for the classic Henri-Georges Clouzot film *Les Diaboliques*, with Simone Signoret and the director's wife Vera Clouzot, in which the two women conspire to murder their sadistic husband/lover. The film is arguably the best psychological thriller of all time, and one from which many of the conventions of the genre stem. Alfred Hitchcock, already well-established as the "Master of Suspense," was upset at having missed the film rights to this book and took special care to acquire the rights to Boileau and Narcejac's follow-up, which became *Vertigo*. Later remade several times, including a 1994 version with Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani. Translated from the French and published before the film was released, this had a very small print run, perhaps as…
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$3,500.00