Odd Man Out

by Frederick Laurence Green

£200 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Michael Joseph, 1945. Modern Literature FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 13cm , pp.224. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by A.E. Barlow with printed price of 9/6 to front flap. Sunning to jacket and edges of textblock. Fine. This thriller was the basis for the 1947 film noir by the same title, directed by Carol Reed. Item #67819

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