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BLACK ALIBI
by Woolrich, Cornell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Early owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, Lower front corner bumped, else a fine copy in a good or better pictori
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First edition. Early owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, Lower front corner bumped, else a fine copy in a good or better pictorial dust jacket with wear and shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips, rubbing along folds, two internal tape mends at upper edges of front and rear spine folds, a clipped price. A scarce book. (17182). Octavo, original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained red. A suspense thriller, the third of Woolrich's "black books." Basis for the 1943 film noir The Leopard Man produced by Val Lewton, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dennis O'Keefe and Margo. Hubin, p. 879. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 288.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17182
- Title
- BLACK ALIBI
- Author
- Woolrich, Cornell
- Book Condition
- Used - Early owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, Lower front corner bumped, else a fine copy in a good or better pictori
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Film Source . Mystery
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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