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HIGHSMITH, Patricia (1921-1995). Strangers on a Train. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950.
8vo. Original blue cloth with stamped publisher’s logo (spine sunned with some creasing, some light spotting to covers); original dust jacket (spine sunned with some color fading to front panel at joint, chipped at ends, some edgewear).
FIRST EDITION. An immediate success upon publication, it was optioned to be adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock shortly after, with the film adaptation ultimately released a little over a year after the book was published. Though Raymond Chandler is credited as a screenwriter, he had in fact been fired shortly after submitting a second draft of his screenplay and none of his work was used in the final product; his name appeared in the credits in the hopes of gaining additional publicity. Strangers on a Train would go on to be nominated for three Academy Awards.