Strangers On a Train

London: The Cresset Press, 1950., 1950. First edition. First U. K. edition of her first and best known novel brilliantly filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay written in large part by Raymond Chandler. Publisher's File Copy with slip affixed to front fly leaf. Near fine in dust jacket with some light professional restoration to the spine ends and… Read more about this item

NEW YORK NY: HARPER & BROTHERS. VG/G. PUB 1950. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: BASIS FOR THE CLASSIC HITCHCOCK FILM. BOOK HAS CIRCULAR GLUE STAINS ON THE PASTEDOWN ENDPAPERS WITH A FAINTLENDING LIBRARY STAMP ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. OTHERWISE THE BOOK ISVERY NICE WITH A FEW PAGES SOILED AND A FEW PAGES THAT HAD CORNERSCREASED. D.J. HAS NUMEROUS LONG TEARS… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Bantam, 1951. First Paperback . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Highsmith's first novel which became a noir classic & the basis for the unforgettable Hitchcock film starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, & Robert Walker. Originally published in hardcover in 1950, this is the very First mass market paperback edition from June 1951 (Bantam #905),… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. First edition of the author's classic first book, basis for the classic Alfred Hitchcock film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Margaret avec plaisir Patricia Highsmith." Near fine in a very good dust jacket that shows some of the endemic fading to the spine panel.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1950. First Edition. Good+. First edition. Bound in publisher's cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Good+. Spine faded. Cloth mottled, scuffed at rear and worn at corners and spine ends. A solid first of The Talented Mr. Ripley author's first novel, which was the basis of the classic Hitchcock film noir.

-Cresset Press (1950)-. First UK edition, 1950. Her first book. Cloth. A particularly nice copy, pages clean and unmarked, blue cloth bright with only minute shelf-wear to tail of the spine. Very good indeed in minor edge-worn dustjacket with some sunning to spine, and some very small closed tears. I have just catalogued 49 Patricia Highsmith first editions and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First edition. About very good in cocked boards, small bookshop stamp, offsetting at the pastedown from a jacket protector, and toning and wear at the edges in fair only just jacket with extensive internal tape repairs, stains to the flaps from the tape and notable wear including creases and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1950]., 1950. First edition. First edition of her first and best known novel. The author is (rightly) regarded as one of the greatest of all noir authors. This, Highsmith's first novel, published when she was 29, served as the basis for the excellent 1951 Warner Brothers film directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a screenplay… Read more about this item

NY:: Harper & Brothers,. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. The author's first book. Made into the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock film noir classic. Stated first edition with B-Z code. Slight spine slant, a bit faded along the spine with a small stain at the base, small tape marks on front and rear… Read more about this item

London: The Cresset Press, 1950. Hardcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first English edition. Fine in unprinted wrappers with applied label of Paul Popper & Co. Literary Services. a touch cocked else fine. Author's ingenious first novel in which two potential murderers exchange victims in order to provide alibis for each other, it established the author as a… Read more about this item

London: The Cresset Press, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Near fine with light wear at the edges and foxing on the endpapers and page edges in very good or better dust jacket with wear at the spine ends, some toning on the rear panel and some creasing and a scrape at the top of the… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. First edition of the author's classic first book, basis for the classic Alfred Hitchcock film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the dedication page, "Strangers in the night June 1, 1950 Patricia Highsmith." Very good in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with stain by the crown and touch of sunning to the spine, but lacking the dust jacket. An ingenious first novel in which two potential murderers exchange victims in order to provide alibis, it established the author as a master of psychological suspense and was… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 1951. Softcover. Near Fine. First paperback edition. Perfectbound in wrappers. Near fine with a bit of light edgewear; with particularly supple interior pages. Inscribed by Highsmith: "To Al Newgarden, (This was - half of it - rewritten & finished at Yaddo.) With all good wishes, Patricia Highsmith 7 June 1991." Highsmith has also corrected… Read more about this item

This is a series of simplified stories, designed as an introduction to literature. The series offers classics, best-sellers, film-titles and original stories. Each book has extensive exercises, a detailed introduction and information about the syllabus. They are published at six levels: level 1 - beginner (300 words); level 2 - elementary (500 words); level 3 - pre-intermediate (1050 words);… Read more about this item

Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin, 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Moderate edgewear with rubbing on the spine, and a tiny abrasion on the rear wrapper, very good. Author's ingenious first novel in which two potential murderers exchange victims in order to provide alibis for each other, it established the author as a master of psychological suspense and… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Acceptable.

W.W. Norton, 1/19/2021. Later Edition. Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover). New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover). New Introduction by Paula Hawkins.