Patricia Highsmith's "A Game For the Living", First Edition 1958

Patricia Highsmith

First Edition

HIGHSMITH, Patricia. A Game for the Living. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1958. First edition, first printing. Original orange dust jacket with black text. Brown board with gilt text on the spine. Mylar covering. 8vo. 269 pages. Highsmith was predominantly known for writing psychological thrillers with many of her books being adapted into renown films. This book was her 6th novel with the inclusion of her lesbian love story The Price of Salt which was published under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The story is set entirely in Mexico and plays with themes of religion, love, and war as the two protagonists, a Catholic repairman, and a wealthy German atheist, are both are involved in a love, murder, mystery triad. Highsmith has admitted to most of her personal relationships being with women. Spine of dust jacket has a small drip stain and has faded from orange to tan, overall very good condition. This first edition precedes the British publication by a year.

Item #20946

Price: $450.00