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LIPPINCOTT. PHILADELPHIA 1948. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 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." .
DEAD MAN BLUES (Fine/Fine Superb Otto Penzler Copy) by Woolrich, Cornell (writing as William Irish) - 1948
by Woolrich, Cornell (writing as William Irish)
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DEAD MAN BLUES (Fine/Fine Superb Otto Penzler Copy)
by Woolrich, Cornell (writing as William Irish)
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- Fine
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1948 "William Irish" [pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich]. DEAD MAN BLUES. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1948. First edition. FINE copy in publisher's light bluish-green paper-covered boards, spine lettered and stamped in blue, in the original FINE lightly used dust jacket, priced $2.50. "Fire Escape," originally published as "The Boy Cried Murder" in Mystery Book Magazine (March 1947), is the source for the remarkable 1949 RKO film noir "The Window" starring Arthur Kennedy and Barbara Hale, with Bobby Driscoll as the young boy who sees his neighbors commit a murder but no-one will believe him. Ex-Otto Penzler.
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- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Lippincott
- Place of Publication Philadelphia
- Date Published 1948
- Keywords Film Noir
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DEAD MAN BLUES.
by Woolrich, Cornell. (Writing as William Irish)
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition
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DEAD MAN BLUES.
by Woolrich, Cornell. (Writing as William Irish)
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- first
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- Used - Near Fine
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PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT.. Near Fine. 1948. 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) .
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