Published by World/ Forum Books, Cleveland, 1948
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition thus. First edition thus, the "Movie Edition' of the original 1943 publication under the title "Eddie and the Archangel Mike". Hardcover in brown cloth lettered in yellow. 310 pp. Fine in bright, very good dust jakcet with some minor faults to the outer tips and upper edge of the frotn panel. Unlike the "photoplay" issues of the 1920s, this "Movie edition" is similar to those issued in the 1940s in that the dust jacket front and rear panels features scenes from the 1948 UA film starring Guy Madison, Diana Lynn and James Dunn. In this light-hearted novel, young Perry stands with her suitcase by the side of her small town road when a black car pulls up and she gets in. Thus starts the adventure into the well-known newspaper world and, to Perry, the little-known world of Brooklyn.