IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-309 [310: ad] [311-314: blank], original black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine stamped in gold, top edge stained red. First edition. Inscribed and signed by King (dated, 9/12/39) on the front free end paper. Crime novel in which a faked murder becomes real. Filmed in 1947 by Orson Welles, starring Welles and Rita Hayworth (his then wife) as The Lady From Shanghai. [Reference: Hubin, p. 470, Johnson, The Dark Page I, p. 176, Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 164-165. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, p. 157]. From the library of a well-known mystery writer with his library stamp on the front paste-down, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with wear and small loss to front corner tips and spine ends, color fade to spine panel, some over rubbing to front panel and folds, small closed tear to lower right front with creases. A scarce noir title, especially in jacket and signed. (33874). Item #33874
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