Woolrich Cornell Writing as William Irish (35 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Painted Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher,. 253 pages. NO DATE but circa 1968 printing; >>> Store stamp at Bottom of front endpage; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Mass Market Paperback.

Ace 14153, Very Good condition.

Condition: Good. . Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front inside cover. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (Vintage mystery and adventure, mystery, adventure, crime thriller, detective novel).

First paperback edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Graphic Books 31. First published in hardcover as Somebody on the Phone. Collection of six stories. Creases to front cover, slight leand, edge rubs, a very good copy. (26793).

First paperback edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Popular Library 309. Collects eight stories which first appeared in pulp magazines. This is the only paperback printing of this title. Text paper age darkened, scratches with pen to front cover, mild reading crease, spine edge rubbing, a very good copy. (26736).

First edition thus. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Graphic #16. First Graphic edition. Abridged from the hardcover. First paperback edition is an Armed Services edition. A near fine copy, reading creases to front cover, some rubbing to spine. (12051).

First paperback edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pocket #253. A fine copy, small rub to upper front left corner, slight color fade to spine, appears unread. (12053).

First edition. Small octavo, cover by Rudolph Belarski, pictorial wrappers. Popular Library 258. Paperback original. Collection of six stories, all from pulps, three from Argosy, three from Black Mask, several with title changes. Hubin, p. 431. Text paper age darkened, reading crease and stress creases to front cover, 15 mm closed tear to upper left rear cover at spine, a good to very good copy. (26735).

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First mass market paperback edition. Graphic #16. The first Graphic edition, abridged from the hardcover (New York: Lippincott, 1944). First paperback edition was an Armed Services edition. Reading creases to front cover, some rubbing to spine, a near fine copy. (#127694).

Small octavo, cover art by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pocket #253. Small rub to upper left corner of front cover, slight color fade to spine, a fine, unread copy. (#127696).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book Club Edition. Book Club Edition (actually published in 1960 in spite of the copyright dates) unknown printing of a fine hardcover, pages toning in a fine dustjacket with one very small closed tear on the back cover at the top near the flap. Six classic stories from the 1940s from a master of the noir genre. Three of these were filmed, "Phantom Lady" in 1944, "Deadline At Dawn" in 1946 and Rear Window (originally called "It Had To Be Murder")in 1954 and remade in 1998 as a made-for-TV movie. The full list is in the seller images.

First trade paperback edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Popular Library 137. First published in hardcover as After Dinner Story, published in an Armed Services edition in softcover, this is the first trade paperback edition, also first with this new title. Mild darkening to text paper, some separation of lamination around cover edges with little loss, small edge rub to lower right front corner. A nearly fine copy. (26737).

First edition. Octavo, boards. Collects The Phantom Lady, After Dinner Story and Deadline at Dawn. A very good copy, several small tape abrasions to front and rear paste downs in a very good dust jacket, light shelf wear to spine ends with some mild rubbing, top and bottom edges on verso appear to be re-enforced with clear tape. (8276).

First French edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Softcover. First French edition of The Phantom Lady. Brown wrappers with a colorful dust wrapper. The book is near fine, the dust wrapper is very good, some tape repair to verso, some rubbing and creasing, chip to head of spine panel, slight chipping along bottom edge. (12063).

Octavo, brown wrappers. First edition in French. A near fine copy in very good colorful pictorial dust wrapper with tape repair to inner surface, some rubbing and creasing, small chip from upper spine end, and slight chipping to lower spine end. (#127704).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. True first edition with no statement of printing on copyright page, publishers blue cloth spine titles in black. Fixed endpapers show some paper loss where jacket flaps were once adhered (came off cleanly with no scalloping) circulating library stamp to free end paper, no other marking. The cloth is clean and unmarked, red top-stain little faded. A better tan GOOD copy of this most desirable Woolrich novel. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Paperback Original. About fine in pictorial stapled wrappers. (Slight degree of shelfwear at edges of spine) The best copy we have located of this title. (B).

First edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #31. Paperback original, digest size. Collects six stories. Darkening to text block, near fine in wrappers, slight rubbing to edges, light rubbing to head and heel of spine panel. Front cover quite bright, an attractive copy. (6654).

Vintage pressbook from the 1946 film noir. Based on the 1944 novel by Cornell Woolrich writing as William Irish. After a night of heavy drinking, a US Navy sailor's attempts to return a mysterious wad of cash force him down a shadowy path of blackmail and murder. 12 x 18 inches. Ten leaves, side stapled. Very Good plus, with light foxing to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Grant US. Selby US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.

Vintage photograph of the Tower reader's edition of Cornell Woolrich's crime novel, written under the pseudonym William Irish, made as publicity the 1944 film adaptation. Robert Siodmak's first Hollywood noir, and one of the finest in the canon. Based on Cornell Woolrich's first novel, written in 1942, about a secretary who searches for the titular lady to clear her boss' name before he is executed for murdering his wife. The first film produced by Joan Harrison, a former Oscar nominated screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock ("Rebecca," "Foreign Correspondent") and Universal's first female executive. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A paperback original. Near fine in digest-size pictorial printed wrappers. (Bottom corner of rear cover mildly creased. Couple tiny spots of shelfwear. Paper lightly tanned) A sharp copy of this collection. (B).

Condition: A nearly fine copy. (27980). First edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #42. Digest size format. Collects four stories, two from Black Mask. Borrowed Crime [Black Mask], The Cape Triangular [Detective Fiction Weekly], Detective William Brown [Detective Fiction Weekly] and Chance [Black Mask].

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Filmed twice, first as the film noir No Man of Her Own (1950) starring Barbara Stanwyck and again in France as J'ai épousé une ombre (1982). A very good copy, some mild age darkening to text block, some darkening to paste-downs, some age toning along edges of covers in a very good dust jacket with some edge wear, minor loss to upper front panel and head of spine panel, slight rubbing to folds. (9940).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. A very good+ copy in a Vg.+ dj. (1/4"-inch chipped off the crest of spine. Not affecting author's name. Mild bump & nick to boards. Touches of moderate shelfwear & a 2"-inch tear at edge of spine on dj. 3 interior clear tape mends.) Two of the stories in this collection were made into the films "The Window" and "Obsession.".

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine dj. (Rear panel a trifle soiled. A few light spots of expert restoration applied to edges of dj. Covers of dj. bright) In this collection is the story "Fire Escape" which served as the basis for the film "The Window." (B).

First edition. 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).

First Edition. First Edition. Basis for Francois Truffaut's 1969 film noir, "Mississippi Mermaid" ("La Sirene du Mississippi"), starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Belmondo; and more recently the 2001 neo-noir, "Original Sin," starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie. Near Fine in a bright, Very Good plus dust jacket. Light fading to the board edges, with a rich, unfaded topstain. Jacket has a few nicks and short closed tears, and light foxing to the verso, but with a completely unfaded spine, making this a scarce example in our experience. Nevins, p. 529. Spicer, p. 456.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Story collection. The short story "Two Men in a Furnished Room" was the source for the noir film The Guilty (1947). A near fine copy, some dustiness to cut edges, offsetting to front free end paper in a very good plus to near fine dust jacket, light rubbing to corners and folds, minor chipping to head and heel of spine panel. Dust soiling to white background of rear panel. (8545).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Collection of eight stories, three of which were adapted for the television anthology series "The Ford Television Theatre" (1955-57). A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some light rubbing to edges and corner tips. (17876).

First edition. Octavo, boards. A series of murders terrify a small town. Touch of rubbing to board edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with mild rubbing to spine ends and corner tips, tiny closed tear to base front panel. Bookplate of noted collector Adrian Homer Goldstone to front paste-down. (18602).