Lot 1077: GRUBB, DAVIS. 1919-1980.

The Night of the Hunter. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1953]. Original ¼ black cloth over boards, dust jacket. Light age-toning to pastedowns; jacket toned, rubbed at head and tail of spine, shelfwear.

First edition, signed by actor Robert Mitchum on the front pastedown. Mitchum starred as the psychopathic preacher, Harry Powell in the 1955 film adaptation of Grubb’s novel.