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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, light brown cloth boards shows spotting from handling wear, edges and corners are lightly bumps/worn. The book would grade hire but there is a burn mark on the front board, lower left section. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues. The front pastedown contains the original owner's name, no other markings found in the book. No bookplates, no library markings, no underlining etc. The end pages and pastedowns show light spotting and foxing, text pages are not affected. Stated first edition on the copyright page along with codes 5-5 and D-U.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. [xii], 238pp [1945 ink ownership inside front and rear covers; top front cover edge bumped; light soiling to covers]. First Edition stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Sun Dial Press, 1946. Later Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good++ in a fair dust jacket with chips and tears.

Garden City, New York, USA: The Sun Dial Press, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reissue, the year following first publication. 238pp. In brown cloth-covered boards with black titles on spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. 8vo. Boards very gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips. Scratch in cloth along spine, a few very mild marks. Lightly toned endpapers, else internally neat, clean and tight. Author's first novel, published before he became known as a leasing Hollywood screenwriter. Novel was the basis for the 1947 film noir, 'Crossfire', starring Robert Mitchum, considered one of the first studio efforts to confront anti-Semitism. Now a hard to find title.

Harper & brothers, 1945. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Harper and Brothers Publishers; New York, 1945. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, brown cloth binding with publisher emblem on bottom front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, deckle fore-edge, bit of crimping to spine edges, stress crease to spine, previous owner name in very faint red pencil top front free endpaper else unmarked, mild board corner wear, bit biblichor, very mild scattered foxing to text block edges, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few small tears along edges, spine fade, mild scattered foxing to panels/flaps and verso, Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 238pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

1946. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 238 pages. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Some reading-wear and bumping to corners. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Early Reprint Edition. Jacket intact but missing some medium/large chips to corners. Vintage tape repairs on the inner surface of the dustjacket. Some faint water damage to heel of spine Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Fiction::Mystery & Thriller ; Inventory No: 030520. BZDB373 Fiction::Mystery & Thriller ; Unbranded Richard Brooks The Brick Foxhole

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1945. Hardcover. 238p., light wear to board edges otherwise very good first edition in cloth boards and edgeworn,chipped and sunned unclipped dj Young 467. Big chip affects author's last name on front panel. Filmmaker Richard Brooks' ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" "The Blackboard Jungle" "In Cold Blood") first novel which was filmed in 1947 as "Crossfire" with Robert Mitchum, Robert Young and Robert Ryan. The gay-bashing murder was changed to anti-Semitism.

Harper & Brothers, 1945. Very Good. Brooks, Richard. The Brick Foxhole. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. 3rd printing. 238pp. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt lettering on backstrip. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped edges and subtly rubbed corners. A couple small, subtle spots on covers near edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair with long closed tear through corner of front panel, which is surprisingly subtle due to it being housed in a dust jacket protector. Edges rubbed, corners chipped, and a couple short closed tears in edges. Scratch on spine. Rear panel soiled. Inscribed by Brooks to former owner on front free endsheet.

Harper & Bros., 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated. 8vo in tan cloth, black title block with title in gilt. Very modest shelf wear to the binding. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, very light rubbing at the corners and bottom of the spine, small chip at the top of the spine affecting author's name.

New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, [1945]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with shallow chipping to the spine ends and corner tips, front flap fold quite rubbed with some splits, spine color slightly faded. (23551). Octavo, cloth. The author's first book. Written when the author was a serviceman in the Marines the story has themes of racial bigotry and anti-Semitism and centers on homophobia and murder. Source for the noir film "Crossfire" (1947), which changed the theme to anti-semitism. Brooks wrote two more novels and had a very successful career in the film industry as a writer, director and producer. Hubin, p. 106. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 85. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 73-74. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 34.

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1945]. 8vo. ix, [3], 238 pp. Brown cloth, blk & gilt lettrng (slght bmpng to hd of spine), w/ d.j. cover art by Hoffman (mnr chppng hd of spine, couple mnr clsd tears), still VG-/VG- copy. First edition of the author’s first book. An excellent noir mystery, which was the basis for the 1947 film noir Crossfire, considered one of the first major-studio efforts to confront anti-Semitism, and starred Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Paul Kelly, Robert Young, Steve Brodie, George A. Cooper, William Phipps, and Gloria Grahame.

UsedGood. Second edition, 1945. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Without dust wrapper, bumping to corners. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

New York: Harper & Brothers. DJ in archival cover. Stated first edtion. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1945.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Gift inscription, else fine in a price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper with a slightly faded spine, but fresher than usually found. Jacket art by Hoffman. First novel by Brooks, who went on to become one of Hollywood's best screenwriters and directors. Basis for the excellent noir film *Crossfire* with Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, and Robert Ryan. A nicer than usual copy, especially considering the poor wartime manufacturing employed.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1945]., 1945. First edition. First edition. Near fine copy in dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine, with a small chip to foot of spine and a tiny nick and a small closed tear to top edge of rear cover panel. Private Jeff Mitchell is in the U. S. Army during World War II and is looking forward to a 15-day pass home to be with his wife at their home in California.. But rumor, which plays a fantastic part in the life of men in service, dissolved the plans for going home as a story about a girl named Mary who had been unfaithful to her husband. Jeff, unhappily convinced that this was his Mary did not go home but went to Washington to burn up the town and ease the hurt. This is the story of that Saturday night in Washington which began with too many drinks and ended up with a brutal murder. This story is the basis for the 1947 film noir "Crossfire" directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, and Gloria Grahame.… Leer más