first edition Softcover
1947 · New York
by CUNNINGHAM, John M.
New York: Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1947. Softcover. Near Fine. Vol. 120, No. 23. Cover by Lawson Wood. Folio. Light creasing to the spine and a touch of wear and toning at the edges but lacking the mailing label found on most copies, a superior near fine example. Original appearance of Cunningham's story "The Tin Star," which was the basis for the classic Western film *High Noon* starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in her first major role, written by Carl Foreman and directed by Fred Zinnemann. The film, often described as "a western for people who don't like westerns," is notable for several reasons including its brave and not-so-subtle (truncated)
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