Cornell WoolrichABAA
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1942rif. 167444New York: Simon and Schuster 1942. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for Jacques Tourneur's 1943 film "The Leopard Man" one of the famed Val Lewton productions of the early 1940s. Very Good in a Good to Very Good jacket. Book has a moderate lean an owner name on the front endpaper foxing to the bright red topstain and a tide mark along the bottom edge of the front board. Jacket has a few small chips at the corners and spine ends and is sigificantly rubbed and creased with numerous cellotape repairs to the verso see images. The Dark Page I p. 288. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1940rif. 173199New York: Simon and Schuster 1940. First Edition. First Edition. Woolrich's first mystery and first "black" book basis for the superb 1968 film directed by Francois Truffaut and starring Jeanne Moreau as the widow you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Backstrip faded boards and topstain foxed overall Good in a restored dust jacket with evidence of work done to the spine panel and flap folds. Simon and Schuster unknown
1941rif. 161170New York: Simon and Schuster 1941. First Edition. First Edition. The author's second mystery basis for the 1942 film noir "Street of Chance" starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine panel lightly faded with minor rubbing at the spine ends and a couple of corners. An excellent example of a book almost always found in lesser condition. In a custom green cloth clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949 p. 286. Simon and Schuster unknown
1941rif. 161170New York: Simon and Schuster 1941. First Edition. First Edition. The author's second mystery basis for the 1942 film noir "Street of Chance" starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine panel lightly faded with minor rubbing at the spine ends and a couple of corners. An excellent example of a book almost always found in lesser condition. In a custom green cloth clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949 p. 286. Simon and Schuster unknown books
