STRANGERS ON A TRAIN BY PATRICIA HIGHSMITH.  HIGHSMITH'S FIRST NOVEL WHICH SERVED AS THE BASIS FOR FILM BY ALFRED HITCHCOCK.  HARPER AND BROTHER PUBLISHERS.  COPYRIGHT 1950. STATED FIRST EDITION WITH B-Z ON COPYRIGHT PAGE.  PUBLISHERS BLUE BINDING HAS STAINING.  DUST JACKET HAS SMALL TEARS AND CHIPS ALONG EDGES. SECTION OF DUST JACKET MISSING ON SPINE.  PRICE OF $2.75 ON FLAP OF DUST JACKET.  NAME INSIDE BOOK ON END PAPER. SOME STAINING ON UPPER EDGES OF PAGES.