5 AGAINST THE HOUSE

by Jack Finney

$1,500 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. First American Edition. Finney's first novel, centered around five young people with various talents who come together to perform a casino heist. Basis for the 1955 Phil Karlson film starring Guy Madison, Kim Novak, and Brian Keith, and an inspiration for 'Ocean's Eleven' and many similar caper films that would follow. A lovely copy of a cheaply-made title, one which seldom

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