Compulsion by Meyer Levin, First Edition (25 results)

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.

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 "Superman"), 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.

Condition: Good. 1959. First edition thus. 477 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hard Cover. First Edition (stated). Pages browned, else very good plus in very good dustwrapper, with slight wear to tips and spine ends, slightly tanned spine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing, So Stated. Original black and red boards. Near Fine in Very Good Plus Dust Jacket with a few tiny chips at the bottom of the front cover. A fictionalized account of the Leiopod and Loeb murder trial and basis for the 1959 film by the same name directed by Richard Fleischer.

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.

First 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.

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 case, and the basis for both Levin's own dramatization and the film that featured Orson Welles.

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.

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.

First 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 usual, 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.

Hardcover. 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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. Pages toned. Stated first printing.

Hardcover. 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.

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 slightly used, near very good dust jacket. Signedes.

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).

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

Condition: Very good in very good jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.