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New York: Published by Simon and Schuster, 1953., 1953. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. Pages uniformly browned throughout, else a fine copy in dust jacket professionally restored at spine ends,corners, and extremities. Levin's finest book and written as three books in one: part one is told from the vantage point of the murderer, who wants to marry into a wealthy family, but cannot because the girl becomes pregnant and refuses to have an abortion. This will cost him his chance at the family fortune, so in an ingenious manner, which the reader can follow step by step, he murders her and her death is ruled a suicide. In part two the sister of the murdered girl deducts that the apparent suicide was really murder, so she tracks down the killer. She's got the right person, but for the wrong reasons and she becomes the second victim. In part three, a third sister and her husband bring the killer to a sort of justice. An attractive copy of a scarce book. Winner of the Edgar… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a small card attached to the book. A CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. FIRST PRITNING. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 244 pages. Scarce signed copy of Ira Levin's first book.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953 slight lean, general wear, dj wear, small chip to head spine, soiling. 1st. Hard Cover. Good +/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very good stated first printing copy, with toned pages and cracked inner hinges. Boards slightly spotted, spine ends/corners slightly rubbed. The unclipped jacket in mylar has some closed scrapes to spine and a white tape repair to verso. Unmarked copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Scarce first novel and winner of an Edgar Award by the author of "Rosemary's Baby." Pages are yellowed as usual, previous owner's name on front endpaper. Price clipped dust jacket has a price of "$2.50" stamp next to the clip, spine is moderately faded, there is a 3/4" chip at the head of the spine, affecting the first "s" in "Kiss" in the title. An acceptable copy of a difficult-to-find first novel. .

Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. As New with no dust jacket. 1989. Special Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Covered in black leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on spine, gilt design with red lip on cover and all edges gilt with decorated endpapers. Frontspiece illustration by Gary Kelley specially commissioned for this edition. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces Series. Color Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 255 pp .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fair with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Pale green cloth lined and titled in black. Spine slant, softened corners, rubbed board edges, toned pages, a few folded pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Simon and Schuster. Hardcover. B0006ATDDE First Printing. Poor condition, X-library with usual markings. Browning to pages. DJ looks as if it was torn in half horizontally and then put into the library mylar. . Fair.

London: Michael Joseph, 1954. 239pp, black cloth. Light shelf wear, tanning to feps, dusting to page edges. Filmed with Sean Young, Christopher Plummer. A Kiss Before Dying is the story of a young student who resolved to marry the daughter of a millionaire for her money and social position. His plans went wrong and had to be changed: and the change involved the carefully planned murder of the girl. The dead girl's sister became suspicious: she learned enough to be an embarrassment : so again the murderer made plans. And then there was the third sister. Ira Levin's novel is first and foremost excellent story-telling; but it offers, too, a most convincing and compelling portrait of a murderer. He is young, appealing and superficially very charming: he has convinced himself that murder is a method, not a crime: his conceit is impenetrable. It is an ugly portrait that emerges as we are taken step by step through the murderer's plans and actions; but it is a compelling one, in a story of great power and… Read more

US: Franklin Library, 1989. English. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable - See Product Description/None. Product Description: A picture bleed over on 4th page. Can only be considered acceptable condition. Sticker marking on cover, however book has never been read and is in very condition. Bud Corliss is a young man with a ruthless drive to rise above his working-class origins to a life of wealth and importance.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1989. 1st of this edition (originally published in 1953). Deluxe edition, in the Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Fine, in decorated leatherette binding with red lip devices and gilt lettering; all edges gilt; no dust jacket, as issued. The EDGAR AWARD WINNING debut novel from the author of ROSEMARY'S BABY and THE STEPFORD WIVES was filmed with Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward in 1956. Color frontispiece by Gary Kelley specially commissioned for this edition. Reprint/1st. Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

Pleasantville, NY: Impress Group. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Dark gray endpapers. 272 pages. The Best Mysteries of All Time .

New York: Inner Sanctum Mystery/Simon & Schuster. Good. 1953. First Printing. Hardcover. Spine has a faint stain to the lower end. Rear cover is spotted. Page margins are browned. ; Author's first book. .

Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1954 . 1147 almost near fine first edition paperback,

Signet, 1954. First Printing. Signet 1147. Good condition.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1953 Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First Thus. Private Press. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book is clean and the covers are nise, but it does have toning inside and the pages are toned..

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Very Good-. 1960. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creases, light edge and shelf wear with tiny splits at base of spine, British Sailor's Society ink stamp to front endpaper, one ink mark inside. ; Green Penguin 1450. Nice tight copy. ; 224 pages; Winner of the 1954 Edgar Award, for Best First Novel. A study of ruthlessness and a man that will stop at nothing to get what he wants. .

London: Pan Books, 1970. 240pp. Illustrated card covers. Book firm, clean and unmarked. Postage at cost - contact EldoradoBooks.. First Pan Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 12mo.