and dust jacket. Western drama
Unmarked. DJ with edge-wear, sunned spine.
KITTY
Rosamond Marshall
Forum / World Publishing
1944; 12th printing, 1946
Navy boards with pictorial endpapers
and dust jacket; two-sided frontispiece.
Historical England, starring Paulette
Goddard and Ray Milland.
Mottling/end-wear to spine; tanned
text. DJ with edge-wear, wear to spine.
DARK WATERS
Frank & Marian Cockrell
A Tower mystery / World Publishing
1944.
Green boards, with two two-sided plates. Jacket
features scenes from the 1944 gothic noir starring
Merle Oberon and Franchot Tone.
Marginal tanning to text; DJ with
light edge-wear.
HOLD BACK THE DAWN
Ketti Frings
Triangle Books
1941; 1942 printing
Red cloth with black lettering/decoration.
No illustrations, but dust jacket features
scenes from the 1941 romantic drama
starring Charles Boyer, Olivia
de Haviland and Paulette Goddard.
Bright, solid boards with tanned text;
DJ with edge-wear, mostly to spine ends.
FIRST COMES COURAGE
(The Commandos)
Elliott Arnold
Triangle Books
1943, 2nd printing
Basis for 1943 War film starring
Brian Aherne and Merle Oberon.
Blue boards with black stripes; jacket
front features scene from film
Rubbing to spine; tanned text.
DJ chipped at top spine, tears at front
top and edge-wear.
MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR
Judith Kelly
Triangle Books
1941; 1944 reprint
Blue on blue cloth with jacket
featuring a scene from the 1944
war comedy starring Lana Turner
and Frances Gifford.
Sharp boards with marginal toning
to text; DJ with light edge-wear,
mostly to spine ends.
Hardcover literature made into 1940s films!
Each approx. 8 by 5.5 inches, with
dust jackets protected in removeable
mylar wrap. Great scenes from films!