If I Die Before I Wake

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1948 Orson Welles film "The Lady from Shanghai," starring Welles and Rita Hayworth. About Near Fine, lacking the rare dust jacket, with light soil on the endpapers and light foxing on the page edges. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 176.

New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately shelfworn, bumping to spine ends, front hinge a little weak, small piece torn away from fore-edge of title page, vintage bookplate on front pastedown, small label on ffep from Junior League of Washington D.C. Circulating Library (but no other markings to indicate… Read more about this item

MYSTERY NOVEL OF THE MONTH. NY 1940. Near Fine. 1940. First Edition. First Paperback Edition. (Published in cloth in 1938) Near fine in pictorial digest size wrappers. (Spine mildly faded, though still perfectly readable. Hint of light shelfwear at edges of wrappers. ) Front page neatly strengthened. ) Filmed by Orson Welles as "Lady From Shanghai."… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Very slight rubbing to the lettering at the base of the spine, else a fine and bright copy lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "To Frieda L. Smith - a grand person and a real booster. Sherwood King. May 1938.

Simon and Schuster, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition/No DJ. First Edition. Clean unmarked pages. Sturdy binding. Clean cloth boards. Bright gilt title on spine. Stamp on front and back fly. Bumped corners. Split in cloth on back board edge. Writing on top edge of text block.If I Die Before I Wake was the basis for… Read more about this item

Simon and Schuster, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition/No DJ. First Edition. Clean unmarked pages. Sturdy binding. Clean cloth boards. Light fading to gilt title on spine. Former owner's name written on front paste down. If I Die Before I Wake was the basis for the 1948 film The Lady From Shanghai, directed by Orson Welles.

Paperback. Very Good.

Curtis Books, 1965. Photo cover. Quite scarce in this format.. Mass Market Paperback. VG+.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Laurence is a young ex-sailor who can't resist the lure of the good life, and when he finds a job as chauffeur to the wealthy Mr and Mrs Bannister, his occasional work leaves him free to indulge. Bannister himself is bitter - his… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Laurence is a young ex-sailor who can't resist the lure of the good life, and when he finds a job as chauffeur to the wealthy Mr and Mrs Bannister, his occasional work leaves him free to indulge. Bannister himself is bitter - his twisted leg keeps him on the sidelines while his ravishingly beautiful… Read more about this item

Penguin Books , pp. 160 . Papeback. New.

Penguin Classics, 2010. Paperback. New. 160 pages. 7.64x5.12x0.47 inches.