Ballinger, Bill S.

Portrait in Smoke

New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally worn with chips at the edges, creases and short tears at the folds, moisture stains at the back panel. Black cloth, lightly bumped with red ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, seal not present, clean otherwise. Ballinger's Chicago-set novel of Danny April and his falling for femme fatale beauty queen Krassy Almauniski. Adapted into the 1956 film Wicked as They Come. Very Good / Good. Item #12933

Price: $400.00