BOILEAU, Par Ch.-M. DES GRANGESLivre Rare Book
CELLE QUI N'ETAIT PLUS. DIABOLIQUE
1952441Paris: Denoël 1952. First French Edition. New/very good . First Printing. A Fine copy in a Very Good example of the rare dustjacket. The jacket has one shallow chip at the crown of the spine with a light rubbing and a several short closed tears to the extremities. The French crime fiction duo's first novel preceding the American edition "The Woman Who Was No More" by two years. "Celle Qui N'Etait Plus" is the story of two women-the fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys' boarding school-who hatch a daring revenge plot after enduring both physical and verbal abuse. Basis for "Les Diaboliques" Diabolique the 1955 masterpiece by directed by Henri-George Clouzot starring Simone Signoret Véra Clouzot and Paul Meurisse. A cornerstone film source title particularly scarce in the original dustjacket. Criterion #35. Denoël unknown
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