The Night of the Hunter
by GRUBB, Davis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Octavo, 273pp. Publisher's original half dark blue cloth, original unclipped ($3.00) dust jacket. A fine copy displaying no previous signs of ownership with minor edge-wear to the spine ends of the bright, near-fine dust jacket. First trade edition of David Grubb s debut novel, basis for the 1955 film classic starring Robert Mitchum. To Nelson Algren, David Grubb s Night of the Hunter was as compelling a story as I ve come on in some time and to Walter Van Tilburg Clark, this debut novel by Grubb contained much achievement and great promise There is power, poetry, imagination here. This widely acclaimed haunting story about two children pursued by a psychopathic killer was made into a critically successful movie that starred Robert Mitchum in 1955, the only film fully directed by Charles Laughton (New York Times). A nicer than usual copy now Mylar protected.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 362
- Title
- The Night of the Hunter
- Author
- GRUBB, Davis
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's Cloth & Dustwrapper
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 273
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cinema, English Literature
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