Signed book: The Desperate Hours by Joseph Hayes. Third printing. NY: Random House, 1954. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 302 pages. Signed on the first free end page in green ballpoint, “Humphrey Bogart.” Also signed and inscribed in ink on the first few pages by William Wyler, Fredric March, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Robert Middleton, Mary Murphy, Fred S. Fosler, and Charles C. Coleman. Many members of the crew have also signed inside the back cover, including Wyler signing once more. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None. Black cloth-covered boards; minor bump to front lower corner; slightly shaken; textblock edges and feps slightly yellowed. Directed by Wyler, Hayes’s book was adapted for the screen in 1955 under the same title, which would become Bogart’s second-to-last film. The inscriptions are to child actor Richard Eyer, who played the key role of Ralphie Hilliard in the film—Bogart, playing the role of Glenn Griffin, holds the Hilliard family hostage and uses Ralphie as the key pawn in his plot. An exceptional piece with a close association between Bogart and the recipient. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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