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First printing. Edges rubbed, half inch tear along top edge of front cover. 1947 Mass Market Paperback. 278 pp. Before the Fact is a ground-breaking psychological drama of immense power, described as 'one of the finest studies of murder ever written'. Inspiring Hitchcock's classic film Suspicion, this classic title was written in the golden age of crime fiction and remains utterly compelling to this day. When wealthy but plain Lina McLaidlaw marries feckless Johnny Aysgarth, she is certain she can change him for the better. Despite her hopes, she is soon forced to acknowledge the truth - that he is not only a compulsive liar and a crook but also a murderer. She continues to love him, while fearing she will inevitably become one of his victims. Written in the age of Agatha Christie's mysteries, this suspenseful novel turns the storytelling on its head, introducing you to the murderer early on before going on to explore the psychology of the relationship between murderer and victim in enthralling detail.

Uncommon. Crime novel. Publishers black cloth, titled green. Former circulating library copy with endpapers removed and ownership stamps to front and rear

Pocket Book 419. First paperback publication. Basis for the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock movie featuring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. First leaf was cut a bit short. A bright, near fine copy. ; Small octavo.

First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 352. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered yellow on spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Classic thriller of psychological suspence - the basis of Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film 'Suspicion', starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as a married couple. Slight tanning to endpapers and faint wear at head of spine, otherwise sound, decent, very good copy with clean text.

First UK Edition and true first. Basis for Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 classic film noir "Suspicion," starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book has a tiny, nearly imperceptible tear at the front hinge. Jacket is slightly sunned at the spine, with only a few nicks and tiny closed tears, plus a few small archival tape mends to the verso. Scarce in jacket. In a custom maroon quarter-leather clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 20.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1932. First UK Edition and true first. Basis for Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 classic film noir "Suspicion," starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book has a tiny, nearly imperceptible tear at the front hinge. Jacket is slightly sunned at the spine, with only a few nicks and tiny closed tears, plus a few small archival tape mends to the verso. Scarce in jacket. In a custom maroon quarter-leather clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 20.