Mr. Arkadin

London: W.H. Allen, 1956. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-222,[2]pp. Light wear to spine ends, some offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpapers, with faint, scattered foxing to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 12s 6d net), showing modest wear, a few tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases, and several small rubbed spots, with two small tape mends on verso; Very Good+. Basis for the 1955 film noir Confidential Report, both directed by Welles and starring him, alongside Peter van Eyck and Michael Redgrave. HUBIN, p.430. (Inventory (truncated) #: 58209)