The Angry Hills [Inscribed by the Author Prior to Publication]

New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); brick red cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine; charcoal gray topstain; dustjacket; [vi],249,[1]pp. With a pre-publication inscription by the author on the front endpaper: "For my buddy Mal / Leon / 9/20/55." Spine ends gently nudged, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few small tears and attendant creases; Very Good+. An attractive copy of the author's second book, set in Greece in 1941, before and after the German invasion. Basis for the 1959 American-British war film, directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, and Elisabeth Müller.