Irving Shulman Square Trap 1953 First Ed and 12 similar items

THE SQUARE TRAP by Irving Shulman Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Inc., (1953). First edition, first printing. Contains publisher's statement "First edition" to the copyright page. SIGNED by Irving Shulman to the front end-paper. A novel portraying a Mexican-American family in a prejudiced 1940s Los Angeles, with the central story around their son who brings them wealth and troubles with his boxing career. Adapted to the sports-noir film titled THE RING starring Lalo Rios, Rita Moreno, Jack Elam and Gerald Mohr. One of the first Hollywood films to depict discrimination against Mexicans in Los Angeles. Several of Irving Shulman's novels were adapted to successful films, including AMBOY DUKES, and CRY TOUGH. He also wrote the film treatment for REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. Covers lightly dust-soiled, spine slightly tanned, minor stain spot to outer page fore-edges, mild fore-edge page crimps, else very good in creamy-apricot linen with burgundy embossed titles to the front cover and to the spine; lacking a dust jacket. Elusive SIGNED. Octavo; 374 pages. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.