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Phantom Lady
by Irish, William (Cornell Woolrich)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1942. Hardcover. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38230
- Title
- Phantom Lady
- Author
- Irish, William (Cornell Woolrich)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- William Irish; crime writer; mystery; pulp; detective fiction; homosexual; Jazz Age; film noir
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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