Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (no dust jacket) [solid copy with moderate overall wear, some fading to spine cloth; ffep torn out, which has left the front hinge exposed but not separated]. Irish/Woolrich classic, which starts out with both a great dedication ("To Apartment 605, Hotel M----- / in unmitigated thankfulness (at not being in it any more") and a terrific first chapter title ("The Hundred and Fiftieth Day Before the Execution"). A terrific yarn, and the basis for the highly-regarded 1944 movie of the same name, directed by Robert Siodmak and produced by Joan Harrison, who cut her teeth as an assistant/screenwriter to Alfred Hitchcock, and subsequently returned to his fold as producer of his 1955-1965 TV series ( for which she continued to mine the rich vein of Woolrich story material). NOISBN
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Irish, William (Cornell Woolrich). Phantom Lady. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1942.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 291pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Pale blue cloth over boards, with the title stamped in blue ink on the spine. Good condition only. Ex-Rental Library. The spine is rolled and faded, and there is a 1 and 1/4" split in the cloth at the head of the spine, along the rear joint. The cloth at the foot of the spine is chipped. Underlying boards exposed occasionally along the edges. The edges of the boards are sunned. The text block is cracked at the title page. There are two library stamps on the front free endsheet. Pp. 120-121 are a bit stained. Many of Woolrich's stories were adapted in the 1940s for Suspense and other radio programs. Phantom Lady was made into a film noir in 1944.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Phantom Lady by William Irish (Third printing) A firm square copy with moderate rubbing to extremities and a small slightly bug-nibbled patch to cover bottom corner. Slight offset tanning to endpapers. Owner's name to ffe. Third impression, stated. Blue cloth, dark blue lettering to spine, orange topstain. 291 pages.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Irish, William (Cornell Woolrich). PHANTOM LADY. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1942.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Third printing. Crisp and clean with the mildest wear to spine ends, and covered in a near fine facsimile jacket. Basis for the film noir of the same name starrring Franchot Tone & Ella Raines. A terrific copy.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Irish, William ( Woolrich, Cornell ). Phantom Lady. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1942.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The file copy so stamped ( File Copy. Not to be Removed From Office. ) In publisher's blue cloth. The book is the second impression and the upper edge of the front flap notes ' Third Printing. ' The jacket is roughly one quarter of an inch higher than the book. ( no suggestion of how the book and jacket came together - whether it was a marriage initiated by the publisher, or at some later juncture. ) The book is near fine. The dust jacket is very good with chipping to the spine ends and tips. Tears and an acompanyimg crease to the lower corner of the front panel. Fingernail sized chip to the top edge of the front panel.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Irish, William. (Woolrich, Cornell). PHANTOM LADY. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1942.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. The Florence and Edward Kaye copy with their neat leather bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. A very good copy in blue cloth, black titles to the spine. 8vo. 291 pp. Adapted into the 1944 noir film of the same name. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime. Barnes, Murder In Print. The first Woolrich book under the William Irish name.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Phantom Lady by William Irish 1st w/DJ Firm copy, moderate fading to spine and extremities, small nameplate, faint smudges to ffe. Very slight spine fade, rubbed extremities. Appears to be publisher clipped flap top, with publisher's 2.00 price on flap bottom. Mylar cover. First printing, no statement. Bright blue cloth, dark blue lettering, orange topstain. Pictorial dust jacket. Cornell Woolrich's second book writing as William Irish.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1049.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00. An enigmatic woman, a hat like a pumpkin, and a murdered wife - things aren't looking good for Scott Henderson in this gripping mystery thriller by Woolrich writing as William Irish. Cloth slightly sunned at head of spine; jacket with edge wear, slight loss to head of spine, otherwise very good.
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A stray ink mark on flyleaf, some slight offsetting, else a very good copy with the blue cloth still bright, in a very good clipped dust jacket with some tiny edge chips and tears. The basis of the classic 1944 film noir classic directed by Robert Siodmak.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy. This First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the spine and edges. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue paper boards. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. We buy William Irish know as Cornell Woolrich First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. A Woolrich high spot, basis for the 1944 film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Ella Raines and Franchot Tone. From the collection of Otto Penzler. About Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket is exceptional for this title, with a touch of wear at the spine ends and a couple of scrapes at the bottom right corner of the front panel.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.