The Big Clock

London: The Bodley Head. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. 1947. First British Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear to book, slight fading to cloth near base of spine; the jacket has a ragged 2-inch split at the lower front hinge with an array of related creasing across the bottom section of the front panel, a little wear at the top of the spine, and some soiling to the rear panel]. The first British edition of this noir-fiction classic, made into an excellent Hollywood film starring Ray Milland and Charles Laughton. .