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Irish, William (Woolrich, Cornell). I Married a Dead Man. J. B. Lippincott, 1948.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition purple cloth is faded and toned. End pages have some toning. The jacket is in poor to fair condition. It is trimmed at top and bottom, clipped at top with price still at bottom of front flap and with considerable overall wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
IRISH, William. Dead Man Blues. J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1948.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo. Green paper over boards with blue spine lettering. 224pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear and faint sunning, else internally near fine. Truly tight and quite attractive first edition of this collection of seven crime noir short stories by Cornell Woolrich -- Irish being one of his pseudonyms. "If the Dead Could Talk" (together with Woolrich's story "Silent as the Grave") was adopted into the 1954 French film "Obsession," and while this nice copy lacks dust jacket, it does bear a choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a large, bold signature in teal blue ink of that film's star Michele Morgan on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., dated by her 25 December 1971. Fine. Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Morgan's original transmittal envelope, with her inkstamped name and Parisian address at upper left. Morgan (1920-2016) was a French leading lady popular in France and Hollywood from the 1930s through and 1960s and is considered one of the great French thespians of the 20th century.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$263.05 + shipping
Description: First edition. Very good in d/w with wear to the extremities but very good.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 247 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green boards. Fine in slightly edge worn pictorial unclipped dust jacket with small loose at top of spine and front and back panel have two small looses, with some soiling
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Irish, William (Woolrich, Cornell). Dead Man Blues. J. B. Lippincott, New York, 1948.
Price: US$344.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good stated first edition copy, aqua cloth stamped in royal blue. Spine ends/board edges/corners rubbed. Toning/mild foxing to endpages. The unclipped jacket, in mylar, is foxed and dampstained to flaps. A tight, square, unmarked copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Woolrich, Cornell. I Married a Dead Man. J.B. Lippincott, New York, 1948.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo., 254pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, Bound in grey cloth with titles in green on the spine Square, tight and clean throughout save a touch of edge toning and off-setting to gutters. Some wear to the spine ends and spine and board edges mildly toned. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.75), has some shipping to spine ends and fairly mild edge-wear. Some soiling to rear panel. Still fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. Story collection. The story "Fire Escape" was filmed as The Window in 1949 and The Boy Cried Murder in 1966, the story "If the Dead Could Talk" was filmed as Obsession in 1954 and again in 1984 as Cloak and Dagger, several other stories were also filmed in Japan and Argentina. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket, light shelf wear to spine ends, light rubbing, several stress creases to front fold and spine panel. (8539)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A collection of seven noir suspense stories. Lovely fine copy in fine price intact dustwrapper with just some insignificant wear at crest of spine. Superior copy.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
William Irish. Dead Man Blues. J.B. Lipincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, 1948.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine book of original green cloth and blue titles in striking dust jacket with illustration in blue and yellow. A small tear on bottom of back cover and a tiny bit of chipping at corners otherwise fine condition. Publishers price of $2.50 present on inner flap. A collection of short stories by Wiliam Irish, pseudonym for Cornell Woolrich, one of the top detective story writers of his day. A beautiful copy of a scarce book! Dealer discounts available. Inquiries welcome.
Seller: Antiquarian Archives, Lakewood, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Woolrich, Cornell [By] William Irish (pseudonym). I MARRIED A DEAD MAN. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1948]. First edition (so stated). A Fine copy in publisher's original purple-gray cloth, spine lettered and stamped in green, in a Near Fine example of the original, priced ($2.75) dust jacket. The DJ has one tiny nick to the spine tip and the rear panel is a bit soiled, but remains fresh, bright and without repair. In our experience, I MARRIED A DEAD MAN is one of Cornell Woolrich's most difficult titles to find in collector's condition. This is certainly the best one we've handled, or indeed seen, in recent years. Source for the 1950 Barbara Stanwyck Paramount Studios Film Noir, directed by Mitchell Leisen, entitled NO MAN OF HER OWN.
Seller: Lakin & Marley Rare Books ABAA, Mill Valley, CA, U.S.A.