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], publisher's black cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained red. First edition. A presentation copy signed and dated 12 September 1939 on the front free endpaper. Crime novel in which a faked murder becomes real. Filmed in 1947 by Orson Welles, starring Welles and Rita Hayworth (then his wife) as The Lady From Shanghai. 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. A very good copy in very good dust jacket with wear to front corner tips and spine ends with shallow loss, color fade to spine panel, rubbing to front panel and along folds, and small closed tear and associated creases at lower right front corner. A scarce noir title, especially signed and with jacket. From the library of a well-known mystery writer with his library stamp on the front paste-down. (#176562).
Price: $12,500.00
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