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N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1950. 1st pbk printing, February 1950. Dell Mapback #374, Vintage Paperback. Movie Tie-In cover with photo of Richard Widmark & Gene Tierny from the original movie. Re-made in 1992 with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lang. Reading crease, spine edges rubbed, front cover has a few longish creases and half a dozen smaller creases. Back cover map is a sectionb of London circa 1936. Kersh's tale of Harry Fabian, a pimp and small-time operator with big time dreams, and his cast of supporting players is vintage noir. Fabian is a cockney wide boy trying to make it big in the Soho underworld of the 1930s. He is a Flash Harry in an expensive suit, a chancer operating in a cosmopolitan corner of the city where villains, spivs, prostitutes and strong-arm men thrive. But his ambition and reckless nature are pushing him towards more and more extreme acts - and a day of reckoning. Night And The City is a classic work of social-realist fiction that captures the vibrant… Read More

Boston: MA: Gregg Press, 1980. 1st printing, October 1980, 1st thus .(orig 1947). Fine as new copy in fine dust jacket, in protective mylar cover. A HAYCRAFT-QUEEN title. This Gregg Prss edition includes a new introduction byTom & Enid Schantz, and stills from 1951 film starring Rex Harrison & Lili Palmer. The crime concerned is the brutal slashing-dismemberment murder of a Soho (London) prostitute. The man accused is a respectable professional with a wife and family: Arthur Groome.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

London, United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1972. 1st. Ed. NEAR FINE/ NEAR FINE. End pages lightly soiled, else fine. DJ shows only minimal wear, else fine. author's second novel. This tale traces the activities of an organisation of former Nazi SS men and events from the assassination of JFK to clandestine arms deals. Made in to a major motion picture.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.