HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA. Strangers on a Train. 8vo, light blue cloth stamped in navy, spine and outer edges a bit faded; dust jacket, spine slightly faded (but not as much as usual) and with 1/2-inch chips at ends, smaller one at upper outer corner of front panel, folds toned. first edition of highsmith's first book which was immediately adapted by Raymond Chandler and Ben Hecht for Hitchcock's film. New York: Harper, 1950