Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards (HB) in blue cloth. In good condition, ex-lib with card residue back inside cover, stamp inside front cover and mark lower spine. Inner dust jacket blurb pasted inside front cover page.Slight cock and some light white marks back cover.Bottom right corner of cover it says "A Story Press Book", in tiny yellow letters from publisher. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes is a 1943 collection of five novellas by American crime writer Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym "William Irish". It includes one of Woolrich's most noted works, Nightmare. 320 pages.
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 'First Printing' stated on copyright page. In original, clipped, jacket with old tape repairs on verso including some reinforcement and a colored repair to a chip at the top of the spine; general rubbing, and some creasing - the illustration remains bright and clear with no toning to the spine. Bound in blue cloth over boards with green lettering and a green label with the blue cloth showing for lettering on the spine. 'A Story Press Book' in green on the front. Some fading at the edges, gently pushes to head and tail of spine, a crease along the spine; presents and sits square, but a little loose [minor]. Ink inscription on ffep, page 320, and a short one on the rear free end paper; otherwise the interior is bright and clear. Contains five short novels: 'I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes,' 'Last Night,' 'Three O'Clock,' 'Nightmare,' 'Papa Benjamin.' A rare book in any condition. Pages:320 Dimensions:7½ x 5¼ x 1¼ .
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$810.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Solid copy in its first printing. Copyright page states first printing and 1943 on title page. Blue boards with yellow and green stamping on spine. Light sunning to head of spine. Unmarked, tight and square. Five novelettes. Price intact jacket has fairly shallow chipping along top edge and another chip at base of spine extending slightly into front panel but only affects a few letters of author's name and still presents nicely considering how hard it is to find. His first collection of short stories. Scarce on the market and has been for years. Basis for a film directed by William Nigh. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich. Fine, bright copy internally clean and tight in a bright dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends and corners. Otto Penzler says in Cornell Woolrich Part II, page 4, "The first short story collection published by Cornell Woolrich under any name, and a book so difficult to find in true collector's condition that it may legitimately be termed rare. The words 'First Printing' must appear on the copyright page." Five short stories, I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES, LAST NIGHT, THREE O'CLOCK, NIGHTMARE, and PAPA BENJAMIN. A very difficult and elusive title. Filmed by United Artists in 1956 as Nightmare and starred Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, and Connie Russell.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.