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TRAVER, Robert [pseudonym of John D. Voelker (1903-1991)]. Anatomy of a Murder. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1958.
8o. Original cloth-backed boards (front hinge weak); pictorial dust jacket (wear at edges and folds, tape repairs on verso); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Margaret Hay (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY VOELKER to his cousin Margaret Hay: "For my dimpled cousin, Margaret Hay, who I still see long-legged and in pigtails. Robert Traver (John Voelker) Farmington Jan. 11, 1958." Voelker's novel became the basis of a 1959 movie starring James Stewart, Lee Resnick, and George C. Scott. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Voelker, who was a justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, often wrote under the name Robert Traver.
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY VOELKER to his cousin Margaret Hay: "For my dimpled cousin, Margaret Hay, who I still see long-legged and in pigtails. Robert Traver (John Voelker) Farmington Jan. 11, 1958." Voelker's novel became the basis of a 1959 movie starring James Stewart, Lee Resnick, and George C. Scott. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Voelker, who was a justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, often wrote under the name Robert Traver.