Dead Man Blues

New York: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good stated first edition copy, aqua cloth stamped in royal blue. Spine ends/board edges/corners rubbed. Toning/mild foxing to endpages. The unclipped jacket, in mylar, is foxed and dampstained to flaps. A tight, square, unmarked copy. ; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1948. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards with blue spine lettering. 224pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear and faint sunning, else internally near fine. Truly tight and quite attractive first edition of this collection of seven crime noir short stories by Cornell Woolrich -- Irish being one of his pseudonyms. "If the Dead Could… Read more about this item

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1948. First edition. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket, light shelf wear to spine ends, light rubbing, several stress creases to front fold and spine panel. (8539). Octavo, boards. Story collection. The story "Fire Escape" was filmed as The Window in 1949 and The… Read more about this item

Story Press / J.B. Lippincott Co, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. . First ed, stated, w/ scarce dust jacket. Jacket has some wear at edges but no loss, dust wear at back but front of jacket is clean and vibrant, in mylar. Pages/boards clean.

New York: The American Mercury / Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, n.d., [1949]. First paperback edition. Penciled letter to upper front cover, light stain lower front cover, a nearly fine copy. (24412). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. A Mercury Book, No. 135. Digest size magazine format. Abridged.

Lawrence Spivak: American Mercury, 1947-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Fair. Moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.

J,. B. Lippincott, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Heavily ex-library (stamps, marks, tape) no pocket. Heavy rubbing to the edges and corners. Some pushed corners. Binding is fully intact and functional yet lightly shaken. No Dj.