To Catch A Thief by Dodge, David - 1953 first edition

Dell. 1952. Paperback. Dell 658. VG- mass market paperback. Covers lightly creased, with two slightly heavier diagonal creases at bottom outer corner of front cover. Corners and edges worn, with light color loss along spine edges. Tiny separations starting at bottom spine corners. .

Penguin, 1955. paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Routledge, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/n/a. Nice firm copySome spotting on front end paper, but no other marks on pages. No dj

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1953 first edition . 658 , very good , creases, Cover by Mike Ludlow. basis for the movie, paperback,

New York: Dell Publishing. VG. 1952. Paperback. Spine is a bit creased. Book shows a bit of buckling. Small dampstain on top page block ; Cover is clean and bright, page block edge is sharp and binding is tight. Dell Book #658 ; Mass market paperback; 233 p. .

London: Penguin, 1955. Published just before the famous Alfred Hitchcock film with Carey Grant and Grace Kelly was made, which is mentioned in the back cover blurb. The cover is grubby, The corners and edges are lightly worn, and the spine is a bit flattened and sun darkened, the head of the spine has a 1 cm split on the front edge and the tail a 1.5 cm one.The page block and the page margins are tanned. Page 192 has a gap in the binding but is firmly attached. KC.. First Thus. paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1953 first edition . 658 , very good - fine, reading crease, Cover by Mike Ludlow. basis for the movie, paperback,

New York: Random House, 1952. Very Good. New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed decorative boards, gray-green topstain; [6],248pp. Light shelf wear, most notably at spine ends, boards and textblock a bit toned, offsetting to endpapers, topstain faded, else a Very Good, straight and sound copy, albeit lacking the rare jacket. Exceptionally scarce crime novel which served as the source to one of Alfred Hitchcock's most beloved romps, adapted in 1955 and starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.

London: Michael Joseph, 1953. Second British printing, still in the original month of UK publication, of this classic caper novel of a retired jewel thief after an imitator; first published in the US the year earlier - to this cataloguer's taste, the UK jacket art, by Barton, is far superior. Basis of the popular film by Hitchcock, starring Grace Kelly & Cary Grant. Small hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, though the endsheets are foxed & rippled, tiny ink mark to free endsheet, light bumping to spine ends; jacket shows a little edgewear, light chipping, ink 'Jenelle' to rear panel. Text clean; 222 pages. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Duodecimo.

London : M.Joseph, 1953. First UK edition. Hardcover. Based on the film with Gary Grant and Grace Kelly. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 222p.; 19cm. Subjects: 20th century Fiction. Books based on films. Fiction. 20th century.