first edition Hardcover
1934 · Toronto
by HILTON, James
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Canadian edition. Fine in near very good dustwrapper with small chips and tears, and some rubbing. Basis for two films: the 1939 Sam Wood-directed version with Robert Donat (who beat out Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, and others for the Best Actor Oscar in what was probably Hollywood's best year ever), Greer Garso and Paul Henreid; and the 1969 remake directed by Herbert Ross with Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, and Michael Redgrave. (Inventory #: 91979)