Compulsion by Meyer Levin, Signed (6 results)

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.

First 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 light 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair in Mylar. Signed by Author(s) Type: Book PUBLISHED 1956. SIGNED BY AUTHOR! Clean text, some foxing from age/ tight binding/ previous owners name on flypage with Author's Autograph/ DJ in mylar cover clipped at corners, original price intact, several small tears at corners, completely intact. Signed by Author(s)I.