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Ace Books, 1942. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ace Books, 1942-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light soiling and a tear on front fore edge. Book has a musty smell from basement storage.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Philadelphia/New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good. (c.1942). 3rd printing. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket) [solid copy with moderate overall wear, some fading to spine cloth; ffep torn out, which has left the front hinge exposed but not separated]. Irish/Woolrich classic, which starts out with both a great dedication ("To Apartment 605, Hotel M----- / in unmitigated thankfulness (at not being in it any more") and a terrific first chapter title ("The Hundred and Fiftieth Day Before the Execution"). A terrific yarn, and the basis for the highly-regarded 1944 movie of the same name, directed by Robert Siodmak and produced by Joan Harrison, who cut her teeth as an assistant/screenwriter to Alfred Hitchcock, and subsequently returned to his fold as producer of his 1955-1965 TV series ( for which she continued to mine the rich vein of Woolrich story material). .

graphic book, , (Reprints Pocket 253), . 108, reading copy ,poor hardboiled mystery, paperback,

Pocket Books, 1945-01-01. Paperback. Good. 7x5x1. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/ light soiling. Book has a slight musty smell from basement storage.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey: Graphic Publications, 1955. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scratched and scuffed, spine is creased, pages are toning, overall a clean first Graphic edition! 189 unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! "I was with you for six hours last night, but I can't remember what you look like, or what you wore ---- except for that large orange hat. We sat shoulder to shoulder at a little bar in the east Fifties. We ate dinner together, saw a Broadway show together, shared a cab together. The bartender, the waiter, the usher, the cab driver ---- none of them remembers you. The police say I was home strangling my wife at the moment I met you. You are the only one who can prove my story. But I don't know your name, or where you live. And I can't search for you, from a jail cell.". First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Canada: GRAPHIC Books., 1955. Book. Illus. by GGA - Good Girl Art - Front & Back Covers.. Good to Very Good.. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 189 page "Scott Henderson, after a quarrel with his wife, headed for the nearest bar. There he met a young woman also in need fo companionship. He took her to dinner, then to the theatre. Neither asked the other's name. When at last Henderon returned to his apartment he found his wife strangled with one of his neckties and three detectives waiting with a battery of questions. His only alibi was the lady of the bar, but she had disappeared and he could remember nothing of her except her orange hat. The bartender, the taxi driver and all the others swore that he had been alone. Henderson, almost ready to believe that he was insane, was arrested for the mureder. Tough, exciting, and rapid fire, the solution to the story is even more ingenious that the puzzle itself." >>> Cover creaisng; pen to front end page. wear to bottom… Read More

USA: GRAPHIC Books., 1955. Book. Illus. by GGA - Good Girl Art - Front & Back Covers.. Good to Very Good.. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 189 page "Scott Henderson, after a quarrel with his wife, headed for the nearest bar. There he met a young woman also in need fo companionship. He took her to dinner, then to the theatre. Neither asked the other's name. When at last Henderon returned to his apartment he found his wife strangled with one of his neckties and three detectives waiting with a battery of questions. His only alibi was the lady of the bar, but she had disappeared and he could remember nothing of her except her orange hat. The bartender, the taxi driver and all the others swore that he had been alone. Henderson, almost ready to believe that he was insane, was arrested for the mureder. Tough, exciting, and rapid fire, the solution to the story is even more ingenious that the puzzle itself." >>> Cover creaisng; spine wear; staining to backcover Size:… Read More

pocket book, , (first PB 1944), . 253, Reading Copy, ,poor hardboiled mystery, paperback,

New York, NY, USA.: Ace Books, Inc., 1968. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover Art. Good to Very Good.. Soft cover. 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..

New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corp., (c. 1942). hardcover. near fine. Front Page Mysteries. Sixth Series. Octavo, black cloth covers. Gilt spine titles, some over terra-cotta colored background. The gilt "H" on Irish is rubbed off. Top cover has a debossed design of various murder weapons: guns, knives, etc. No dust jacket. 020207A

New York: P. F. Collier and Son (1942).. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Cloth. 291 pp. No dust jacket. A solid copy with only light wear. "Sentenced to death for murdering his wife, Henderson can prove his innocence only by locating his alibi, a mysterious woman who has vanished without a trace.

New York, NY, USA.: Dell Books., 1957. Book. Illus. by Push-Pin Studios. Very Good to Fine. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher,.. 255 page "Scott Henderson, after a quarrel with his wife, headed for the nearest bar. There he met a young woman also in need fo companionship. He took her to dinner, then to the theatre. Neither asked the other's name. Whenat last Henderon returned to his apartment he found his wife strangled with one of his neckties and three detectives waiting with a battery of questions. His only alibi was the lady of the bar, but she had disappeared and he could remember nothing of her except her orange hat. The bartender, the taxi driver and all the others swore that he had been alone. Henderson, almost ready to believe that he was insane, was arrested for the murder. Tough, exciting, and rapid fire, the solution to the story is even more ingenious that the puzzle itself." Classic hardboiled crime novel. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

pocket book, , (first PB 1944), . 253, very good , hardboiled mystery, paperback,

Collier, 1942. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Collier, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

graphic book, , (Reprints Pocket 253), . 108, very good , faint creases, rubbing hardboiled mystery, paperback,

graphic book, , (Reprints Pocket 253), . 108, very good , store stamp inside, faint corner inside damp mark hardboiled mystery, paperback,

pocket book, , (first PB 1944), . 253, very good +, hardboiled mystery, paperback,

Toronto, Canada: Graphic Books, 1955. A creased spine with edge rubbings. No store stamp.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.