Compulsion by Levin Meyer: First Edition (28 results)
Language: English
Published by Frederick Muller, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.Black Cat Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First U.K. Edition. 1st UK edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Minor wear & closed tears to dust jacket, otherwise very good.
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Published by Pocket Books Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1957
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. Before becoming known for "Rosemary's Baby,'' Levin wrote this chilling, fictionalized account of the true kidnapping/murder case of the 1920s, billed at that time as the "Crime of the Century.'' Nathan Leopold ("the slave") & Richard Loeb (the "Superma…n"), two brilliant college students, decided to commit the perfect crime by kidnapping & murdering a boy from their wealthy Chicago suburb, Bobbie Franks. Clarence Darrow, in one of the most impassioned speeches of his career, saved the teenagers from the death penalty. Levin's book was made into a movie in 1959 with Dean Stockwell & Orson Welles. This is the FIRST PRINTING from Nov. 1957 of this First Mass Market Paperback edition from Cardinal Pocket Books (#GC-756). Condition is solidly Good: completely clean, with minor edgewear & light creasing to spine. Some dogeared corners on early pages. Pages are tanned & rather brittle, but completely unmarked. Newspaper clipping about author's death tucked inside front cover. Nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery, ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very good hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Pages are toned due to age.
Published by Simon & Schuster, NY, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Old Algonquin Books, LONE TREE, CO, U.S.A.Old Algonquin Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Dramatization by Levin of his novel of the same name about the Leopold-Loeb murder case. Long foreword by Levin about his dispute with the play producer who used a script by someone else. As usual with this book, the pages are browned from age and…acidic paper. Dust jacket has light edgewear and slight fade at spine.
Published by Cardinal / Pocket Books, New York, 1957
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Fahrenheit's Books
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Printing. First printing, softcover, slight lean and some light wrinkles to spine, tiny bump to bottom corner, faint corner crease to top of rear cover, light toning to pages, otherwise bright and tight, a VG+ copy.
Language: English
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 412 pages. Top Red page edges. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and chipped pieces. A small piece of the spine panel is missing. The boards are a little edge…worn. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Frederick Muller, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. boards are worn, chipped and knocked. thorough foxing, staining and marks. gift inscription. a rather worn reading copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Read Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Read Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Stated 1st Caroll & Graf Edition. Pages clean & unmarked w/no rips or creases. Binding tight. Covers clean & bright w/shallow creasing, no rips. Quick, secure shipping w/free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore.
Language: English
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.The Book Bin
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated first printing. 495 pages. Red quarter-cloth, black boards, gilt titles. Covers show light to moderate edgewear, cloth stained at spine. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket foxed, toned, stained, with light general edgewear, large chip from spine… foot. DJ protected in Mylar. Cover price $5.00. Bottom edge of textblock foxed; red topstain. Prior owner's name at top of FFEP. Interior else clean, pages toned, text unmarked.
Published by New York: Simon and Schuster., 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Ocean Tango Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. as pictured A First Edition, a very good condition hardcover in a nice condition dust jacket, price present gently read clean.
Published by New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition, 1959. A Fine hardcover copy in dull orange paper covered boards, in a Fine dustwrappernot price-clipped, very slightly faded along spine panel. The textstock is toned, as usual. 132pp. A dramatization of the Author's own novel.
Published by Frederick Muller, London, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British edition. Spine slightly cocked, foredge with a small stain, near fine in a lightly soiled very good dust jacket with slight toning to the spine, rear panel and extremities, and a few small chips and tears. A novel based on the Leopold-Loeb murder ca…se, and the basis for both Levin's own dramatization and the film that featured Orson Welles.
Published by NY: Simon & Schuster,, 1959
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. 132 pp. A few spots along the for-edge of the unprited second leaf (printer's error) else very near fine in like dust jacket with faint toning to spine. Young 2315.
Published by Shakespeare Head, London, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First UK. 8vo. original red and black boards gilt (rubbed & a little worn at extremities, slight spine slant, relevant newspaper clipping pasted to front pastedown; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 412. A very good copy.
Published by Pocket Books, New York, 1959
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. First Edition Thus; Sixth Printing. Very Good in wraps. Toning and shelfwear on both panels.; 32mo 4" - 5" tall.
Published by Simon And Schuster, New York, New York, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.Granada Bookstore, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (Stated First Printing). The Book Is Bound In Orange With Black Lettering On The Spine. The Top Edges Are Dyed Black. The Pages Have Tanned Because Of Age And Paper Quality. Former Owner's Signature Near The Upper Edge Of The Ffep. The…Unclipped Jacket Has Minor Wear And Light Sunning Of The Spine.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.Courtside Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Owner name on front fly leaf else near fine in VG+ DJ.
More imagesPublished by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959
- First Edition
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. First Edition. Based on the Leopold and Loeb trial, about two college students who kidnap and kill a young boy in order to prove their superiority. Basis for the 1957 Broadway play, and for the 1959 film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Orson Welles. Near Fine in a Very Good plus jacket. Pages toned as u…sual, with a small chip to the middle of the fore-edge of three leaves, pages xxiii-xxvii. Jacket with light toning to the spine and flap folds.
Published by SIMON & SCHUSTER. NY 1959, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Cheap paper stock has darkened as usual with this title. 1/4"-inch chip at crest of spine on jacket. Previous owner's name inked at head of front paste-down, obscured by jacket fla…p. ).
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. Both rear flap corners clipped, price remains. Light stain on rear panel.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.Timothy Norlen Bookseller
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Nice copy with First Printing stated on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Basis for excellent film done in 1959 with Bradford Dillman, Dean Stockwell and Orson Welles. Book is bound in read and black cloth with gold stamping and red…topstain. Sharp tips, light soiling to small part of jacket's spine. Spine ends cupped a bit. Textblock tight, square and clean. Price intact jacket has tiny chips at spine ends and another tiny chip at top of rear panel. Scarce in first printing and hard to find in any printing. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. Pages toned. Stated first printing.
More imagesPublished by Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1990
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in Full Leather. Accented in 22kt gold gilt decoration. All edge gilt, hubbed spines. Faint foxing on top text block edge. Part of The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces.; First Franklin Library Edition.
Published by Simon & Schuster,, New York,, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 132. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered black at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "Best wishes, Meyer Levin, 1959." Slight surface wear to covers and slight tanning to pages, otherwise near very good in slightl…y used, near very good dust jacket. Signedes.
More imagesPublished by New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo, orange cloth lettered in black; unclipped pictorial dust jacket. First edition of Meyer's highly successful dramatization of his 1956 novel about the 1920s Leopold-Loeb murder. A presentation copy, inscribed: "For William Gibson, from one for the slide - Meyer Levin, 1959," on the… front endpaper. William Gibson authored endearing works like "The Miracle Worker" (1959). A significant work with a distinguished provenance. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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hardcover. Condition: fine. near fine. First. Small 8vo, orange cloth, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1959). First Edition. Fine. Meyer's dramatization of his 1956 novel. The pages are tanned, as usual, due to bad quality paper. Signed and dated 1959 by Levin on the half-title.
More imagesPublished by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Very good in very good jacket. dj. First printing. Inscribed first edition of this dramatic interpretation of the infamous Leopold and Loeb case - later successfully adapted into the film starring Orson Welles. Adapted by Levin from his own novel of the previous year, this edition also includes a lengthy introduction…by the author. COMPULSION originally ran on Broadway for almost 150 performaces with Dean Stockwell and Roddy McDowall in the lead roles. Uncommon signed. 7.75'' x 4.75''. Original orange cloth boards. In original unclipped ($3.50) color pictorial jacket. 132 pages. Inscribed by Levin in year of publication to half-title page "Cordially, / Meyer Levin / 1959." Jacket with mild edgewear and some moderate chipping. Spine lightly sunned. Corner chip to rear flap. Contemporary owner inscription to front endpaper. Pages toned, as common. Overall sound. Signed.
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. A Signed First Edition of Levin's Fictionalized Account of the Leopold and Loeb Murder Levin, Meyer. Compulsion. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First edition, first printing. Octavo. x, 495 pp. Publisher's gilt-stamped quarter cloth over boards, top edge stained red, deckle fore-edge. A very good copy, with l…ight shelfwear and some fading to the spine; internally clean. Ownership signature of Harry B. Aronow to the front free endpaper ("Harry B. Aronow / 18425 Muirland"), together with a brief presentation inscription from the author, "Sincerely / Meyer Levin." $100. * Levin's celebrated novel inspired by the notorious Leopold and Loeb murder case, in which two university students attempt to execute what they believe will be the "perfect crime." First published in 1956, Compulsion became an immediate bestseller and remains one of the best-known fictional treatments of the case. From the library of Harry Burton Aronow (1909-2005), Detroit industrialist and founder of the Mohawk Zinc Corporation; a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (1933). Signed.
