The Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett - 1949

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Stated first edition at bottom of copyright page. Paper covered boards with label on spine. No bookplates, no signatures. Front end page had something written in pencil and then erased, appears to be old seller's price. Binding nice, no torn or loose pages, no hinge cracks. Overall, pages are clean though while examining the book we found a small brown smudge on page four. Exterior boards are fairly clean, spine label is a bit sunned. The worst issue in the book is on the spine exterior just below into the left of the author's last name there's a damage at the edge of the spine of about 1/2 inch, with part of that area actually being a narrow hole. Book would normally be a VG but because of this damage the condition has been lowered to G. Not an ex-library copy! See photos.