first edition Hardcover
1953 · New York
by PALEY, Frank
New York: Crown, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small stain on the front board, else very good plus in about very good dustwrapper that is slightly spine-faded, rubbed, and has several old internal repairs. Hardboiled novel of crime and violence on the Brooklyn docks. Basis for the 1956 Fred F. Sears film featuring James Darren as a gang leader who gets involved with the mob. (Inventory #: 88563)