VG+ / VG- to VG.  1943 Robert Hale, first UK edition.  Hardcover with dust jacket.  Rare UK first edition of James Cain’s classic fourth novel.  Basis for the 1945 film version starring Joan Crawford.  Part of the mid-forties film triumvirate (along with ‘Double Indemnity’ and ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’) that helped cement Cain’s status as one of the elite writers of hard boiled fiction.  Dust jacket is worn in spots, but retains its vibrancy and is quite presentable.