Deep Valley

New York: L.B. Fischer. Very Good+. (c.1942). First Edition. Hardcover. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a nice-looking facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [nice clean copy, minor wear to lower extremities, tiny dent in top edge of front cover]. Uncommon novel by a California author better known as a playwright and occasional screenwriter. Set along the California coast in the Big Sur region, the story revolves around a rural girl who becomes pregnant by a convict working on a road gang; he subsequently kills a foreman, and the two flee into the wilderness. Filmed quite effectively by director Jean Negulesco for Warner Bros. in 1947, with Ida Lupino and Dane Clark as the doomed lovers. (Baird & Greenwood 2428) NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing. .