Beat Devil by Helvick James (6 results)
Published by Philadelphia: Lippincott,, 1951
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Ocean Tango Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 150.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A first Edition very good condition hard cover in a good dust jacket gently read clean pages. 2 inch section missing to spine of jacket spine folds worn almost separated Basis for the Humphrey Bogart film of the same name.
Published by Phil. & NY. J.B. Lippincott Co. 1951, 1951
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First Edition stated. Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lorre and Gina Lollobrigida film. VG+/VG- in woven blue cloth stamped in black on the front boards and the spine. Light wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends and a touch of light browning to the botto…m 1/4" of the spine. In a colorful pictorial dustjacket with a splendid front panel of a cafe scene. Very charming. With a light touch of dampstaining to the rear panel at the left-hand top corner. Also light chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. Wear to the corners and light edge-rubbing and a touch of rippling along the top of the front panel. Original price of "$3.00" at the bottom of the inside front flap. First Edition stated.
Published by j. b. lippincott, new york, 1951
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.broken wing books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition corner bumped dust jacket missing small piece some edge wear.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.Bauman Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. HELVICK, James. Beat the Devil. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, (1951). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $400.First edition of this novel, which was adapted by Truman Capote and John Huston into the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones."Crooks and adventurers and two love…ly women in a racy, witty story of tension and excitement." The 1954 movie version of Beat the Devil is a cult favorite and "has come to define the genre of spy movie spoofs" (American Movie Classics). Faint glue residue to front endpapers. Bright dust jacket near-fine.
More imagesPublished by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1951
- First Edition
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. First American edition. 256 pp. Original blue cloth lettered in black. A Very Good copy with foxing to edges and endpapers, slightly musty, a few tiny stains to top edge, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket, a little short for the book (as appears to be typical), foxed, a little edge-worn and scuffed. The ba…sis of the 1953 film directed by John Huston. The author was a British journalist caught up in the Red Scare, and father of journalists Andrew, Patrick, and Alexander Cockburn, the latter of whom borrowed this book's title for the title of his opinion column.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Company (1951), Philadelphia, 1951
- First Edition
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.Quill & Brush, member ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. First edition. A REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. Helvick was the pseudonym of Claud Cockburn, a noted British radical journalist. Born in Peking, China, in 1904, he was the scion of an aristocratic family--one of his ancestors was the British commander who ordered the burning of the White House during the War of 18…12 and his cousin was the novelist Evelyn Waugh. The book was made into a 1953 film directed by John Huston, with the screenplay by Huston and Truman Capote, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones and Gina Lollobrigida. Huston intended it to be a tongue-in-cheek spoof of "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), also directed by Huston, and other films of Film Noir-style that Huston himself had pioneered (Wikipedia). Near fine with light rubbing to the cover, light bump to top front cover, and faint offset to the endpapers. In a dust jacket which is about an eighth-inch short. We've informed that at least one other copy with a little shorter jacket has been cataloged, so perhaps publisher produced (Graham Gateson reported cataloged by Bauman Books) Also minor edge rubbing and soiling, and a few shallow chips to the spine ends and corners. Cover art still clear and bright.
