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McBAIN, Ed. King’s Ransom. New York: Simon and Schuster, 19...

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McBAIN, Ed. King?s Ransom. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. 8vo. Publisher?s black cloth backstrip over brown boards, spine lettered in white (some rubbing to binding, text toned); publisher?s printed dust jacket (tape repairs to verso, some edgewear, rubbing, some mild chipping, a few short tears). FIRST EDITION, WITH A SIGNED BOOKPLATE BY MCBAIN. This book is the basis of Akira Kurosawa?s classic film, High and Low (1963).