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WOOLRICH, Cornell. Black Alibi. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1942.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo. (21cm.); black cloth stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; red topstain; 377pp.; solid dark topstain; the spine ends are gently pushed; gilt on the spine has been restored at the tail and crown; minor bump on the front board, Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00) looks solid, but has been restored in several places including the rear panel, the spine ends and tape repairs on the verso. There is also a tear along front DJ flap. Very Good. Then electrically, it struck. A girl, one moment alive, careless, lovely. Just one high pitched scream that nobody heard. And there was nothing left but her mangled and bloody body, the look of horror clawed into her face." (from the dustjacket); HUBIN, p.445.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
(Literature) WOOLRICH, Cornell. Black Alibi. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1942.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 5 1/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 377 PP. The third novel in the author's "Black" series. First printing copy of Woolrich's thriller that was adapted to the 1943 film titled "The Leopard Man." Crease to front board. Slight wear to spine and corners. Doubleday, Doran Book Shop Library stamp to rear endpaper. Dust jacket retains original price of $2.00. Jacket has been reinforced, most certainly why it still appears mostly clean and fresh. Minor offsetting to endpapers. A less than perfect copy, but tight and very presentable.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Woolrich, Cornell. Black Alibi. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1942.
Price: US$999.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's gilt-titled cloth, red topstain. Spine rubbed, spine ends frayed, points exposed, cloth lightly soiled, spine a bit softened, slight foxing to endpages. Firm binding. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, browned to edge, loss to spine head, rubbed, chipped, splitting at lower spine joints. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Woolrich, Cornell. Black Alibi, An Inner Sanctum Mystery. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1942.
Price: US$1140.00 + shipping
Description: Fair condition. Bottom edge frayed. Damp stain at bottom of front cover. A few tiny water spots on top edge. Tiny stain on fore-edge. Gold titling on spine flaking. Book somewhat cocked. Front hinge starting. Dust jacket is whole but very frayed and chipped. 8vo. Black cloth covered boards. Top edge stained red. 377 pp
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Woolrich, Cornell. BLACK ALIBI. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1942.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained red. A suspense thriller, the third of Woolrich's "black books." Basis for the 1943 film noir The Leopard Man produced by Val Lewton, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dennis O'Keefe and Margo. Hubin, p. 879. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 288. Early owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, Lower front corner bumped, else a fine copy in a good or better pictorial dust jacket with wear and shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips, rubbing along folds, two internal tape mends at upper edges of front and rear spine folds, a clipped price. A scarce book. (17182)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Woolrich, Cornell. BLACK ALIBI. Simon & Schuster, NEW YORK, 1942.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Book's exterior boards look near-perfect, with vivid gilt lettering. With erased pencil date and new pastedown endpapers, else fine, and book is covered with a gently worn, basically intact jacket with original $2.00 price. A terrific copy of the one of the entries in the "Black" series by Woolrich, which was filmed by Val Lewton in the forties and renamed "The Leopard Man".
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Woolrich, Cornell. BLACK ALIBI .. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1942.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained red. First edition. A suspense thriller, the third of Woolrich's "black books." Basis for the 1943 film noir The Leopard Man produced by Val Lewton, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dennis O'Keefe and Margo. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 288. Early owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, Lower front corner bumped, else a fine copy in a good or better pictorial dust jacket with wear and shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips, rubbing along folds, two internal tape mends at upper edges of front and rear spine folds, a clipped price. A scarce book. (#152483)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
WOOLRICH, Cornell. Black Alibi. Simon and Schuster, 1942.
Price: US$1714.50 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing. In black cloth, with gilt lettering on spine; top fore-edge red-stained. Small bleed from staining onto top corner of front free end paper; binding tight; gilt on spine a little worn; dust jacket not price-clipped, but a little worn at edges, with small loss at top corner of front panel; 'Woolrich' on dj spine faded to white Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Woolrich, Cornell. BLACK ALIBI. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1942.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; 377pp. Hint of a lean, with gentle rubbing to spine gilt; topstain is bright and unfaded - Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), lightly edge-worn, with a few small chips and tears to extremities, and red spine lettering gently faded to pink; Very Good+. The third novel in the author's 'Black' series, and the last of his books to be published by Simon and Schuster. With plot elements borrowed from earlier pulp fiction stories, Woolrich set his third mystery novel in South America, where a black jaguar on the loose serves as an alibi for a sinister killer. Easily among the scarcest Woolrich mysteries in jacket, particularly in unrestored condition. Basis for the 1943 film noir 'The Leopard Man,' directed by Jacques Tourneur, produced by Val Lewton and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, and Jean Brooks. The Dark Page, Vol.1, pp.288-289; Hubin, p.445.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
WOOLRICH, CORNELL.. BLACK ALIBI.. Simon & Schuster, 1942., New York, 1942.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Near fine in bright dust jacket with some very light professional restoration to spine ends and corners. The citizens of Ciudad Real were almost excited when news broke that a black jaguar was on the loose in their city. The police hunted down the black alleys and up the bright boulevards for the wild animal, but to no avail . the jaguar had simply disappeared, and life in Ciudad Real went back to normal. Then, a young girl is found . nothing left but a mangled, bloody body. The roaming black jaguar is blamed, but one man wondered if possibly there was NO black jaguar . it was created as an alibi for the killer. Handsome, bright copy.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Woolrich, Cornell. Black Alibi. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1942.
Price: US$2999.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine first edition; black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, red topstain. Mild reading ridge to spine, gilt slightly rubbed, topstain a bit mottled, tiny bump to top board edge. Tight and unmarked in scarce original unclipped jacket with $2.00 price present and minor edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.