Cowen THEY GAVE HIM A GUN 1936 First edition and similar items

THEY GAVE HIM A GUN by William Joyce Cowen New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1936. First edition, first printing. Contains publisher's 1936 date printed to the title page. Adapted for the 1937 Van Dyke directed film starring Spencer Tracy, Franchot Tone, Rose Duffy, Cliff Edwards and Charles Trowbridge. Cyril Hume is credited with the majority of the screenplay, however many others had their talented pens involved including the author W.J. Cowen, and James M. Cain. A tough guy gangster novel depicting a boy becoming a man who went bad, loved guns, was a soldier, a gangster, in jail, and out for revenge on an old friend. Scarce, especially in the first edition. Mild damp-stain to upper rear cover, two-inch long tan stain to fore-edge of front cover, age-toning to the spine, else good and sound in brown-beige linen with burgundy embossed illustration depicting a rifle, a gun, and automatic weapon, and a helmet to the front cover, and with burgundy titles and rules titles to the spine; lacking a dust jacket. A books-into-film collectible. Octavo; 275 pages. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.