Buy this book on-line BOILEAU, PIERRE & NARCEJAC, THOMAS: : The Evil EyeLONDON.HUTCHINSON & CO. (Publishers) LTD.,1959. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Two stories originally in French,both in 1956, Hutchinson's two translators: Geoffrey Sainsbury - 'Le Mauvais Oiel' as 'The Evil Eye' and James Kirkup - 'Au Bois Dormant' as 'Sleeping Beauty' in 1959.Only a handful of the Boileau-Narcejac works have been translated into English,and most of these translations are out of print. ] FINE/VG++.No owner inscrpn and no price- clip (12s 6d net)to dw/dj.Contemporary, striking black background with red+grey design artwork by Harry Toothill, illustrated front panel and lightly dulled lettering and spine/backstrip of dw/dj with bright,white lettering to front,rear panel with lightly grubbed white background with red+black lettered critics' reviews - the discolouration and other imperfections commensurate with book's age and therefore with some minimal foxing/spotting.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - 3 corner tips with miniscule rubbing and reciprocal loss,top rear corner with a tiny closed tear.At head of spine/ backstrip both gutters with a small closed tear each but no major loss,front lower foot of same,with a small triangular portion missing but not affecting any letters of publisher's name - no other major nicks,tears,splits or loss present. Top edges lightly toned from slight dust-soiling but without foxing/spotting, fore-edges slightly brighter with merest hint of foxing,if any; contents bright, tight,exceptionally clean - text body virtually foxing-free,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards/ covers with bright,crisp, stamped white ink letters and repeated red artwork design to spine/backstrip,and faint off-set shadowing to respective verso+recto of free endpapers from dw/dj's respective inner flaps,both hinges solid and sound without any tears,splits or cracking.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7- 206pp [paginated] includes the two stories with 8 and 3 chapters respectively,plus [unpaginated] half-title with story history/precis,title page and individual story's title separator pages.
First UK and first English language edition of this collection of two suspense novellas - The Evil Eye and The Sleeping Beauty.
French authors credited with having established an authentically French sub-genre of crime fiction with its emphasis on mounting psychological suspense and ingenious plotting.
This successful collaboration produced 43 novels,100 short stories and 4 plays.Their works were adapted into numerous films,but most notably Les Diaboliques (1955), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot,and Vertigo (1958),directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Whilst not a huge output,nevertheless,a highly sought after and collected authored-genre of crime fiction in their typical style and format and will be an important and welcome addition to the Boileau & Narcejac canon.With only a handful of English translations and with most out-of-print,all English 1st edns can be regarded as uncommon,especially in collectable states,some being rare and valued/priced accordingly.
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