Woolrich, Cornell [By] William Irish (pseudonym).
Woolrich, Cornell [By] William Irish (pseudonym). I MARRIED A DEAD MAN. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1948]. First edition (so stated). A Fine copy in publisher's original purple-gray cloth, spine lettered and stamped in green, in a Near Fine example of the original, priced ($2.75) dust jacket. The DJ has one tiny nick to the spine tip and the rear panel is a bit soiled, but remains fresh, bright and without repair. In our experience, I MARRIED A DEAD MAN is one of Cornell Woolrich's most difficult titles to find in collector's condition. This is certainly the best one we've handled, or indeed seen, in recent years. Source for the 1950 Barbara Stanwyck Paramount Studios Film Noir, directed by Mitchell Leisen, entitled NO MAN OF HER OWN.
Ambler, Eric (novelist) Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton (Screenwriters, actors) Norman Foster (director)
Ambler, Eric. JOURNEY INTO FEAR. London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1944). First Film Tie-In edition, published jusr after the 1943 release of the Mercury/RKO Film Noir directed by Norman Foster and starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton (the two actors also collaborated to write the script). This is a Near Fine copy (no internal stills) in a Very Good, slightly soiled, original dust jacket. The DJ retains the all-important wraparound band promoting the film. This adaptation of Eric Ambler s 1940 novel was faithful in tone but a few changes were made once Welles and Cotton joined the project, primarily to make it a more American film. The plot centers around an American ballistics expert in Turkey who finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. He hops a ship back home only to find his pursuers have followed him on board. Quite a rare wartime printing of this important novel and to find it with the original wraparound band, tying it to the movie, creates an uncommon opportunity for the book to film collector.
Carroll, Lewis
Carroll, Lewis. ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. [WITH:] AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed and dated 1935, BY ACTRESS CHARLOTTE HENRY. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1933]. First Photoplay edition issued in tandem with the 1933 Paramount live-action film adaptation starring Charlotte Henry as Alice and co-starring Cary Grant, W. C. Fields, and Gary Cooper among others. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod from a screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and William Cameron Menzies based on the two Lewis Carroll classic tales. A FINE, bright and fresh copy in a FINE lightly used (one tiny closed tear) Original Dust Jacket. Illustrated with 32 original photo images from the film as well as endpapers with additional film images. [WITH:] One-page Autograph Letter, Signed, on letterhead, dated May 12th, 1935 (stamped envelope included) in which Charlotte Henry writes: "To Philip Smith/ Thank you for your cartoons of me/ Cordially/ Charlotte Henry." Surely, the finest example of this hard-to-find film tie-in edition that one could hope to acquire.
Woolrich, Cornell
Woolrich, Cornell. THE BLACK CURTAIN. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1941). A Fine copy in a Fine original dust jacket, a gorgeous reprint released within a year of the first edition. No ownership marks, text block bright white in color, top stain retains its rich black color. Publisher's catalog at rear. A title rarely found with this much eye appeal given the black dust jacket's vulnerability to edge-wear. The plot is a classic, the tale of a man with amnesia who cannot remember anything from the previous three years of his life. As it turns out, he may be a suspected murderer and it's up to him to find proof of his innocence. Adapted into a 1942 Film Noir entitled Street of Chance. Shortly thereafter, Cary Grant did a radio version. Finally, the great director Sydney Pollack produced a version for television as an Alfred Hitchcock TV hour.
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Doyle, Arthur Conan. THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. London: George Newnes, Ltd, 1905. First English edition. Octavo. 403 pages with four-page catalog bound in the back. Frontispiece and fifteen plates illustrated by Sidney Paget. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on upper board and spine. Housed in a half morocco over silk clamshell book box with five raised bands, gilt titles and decorated rules on spine. Binding very lightly rubbed, small corner and spine end bumps. Stamp of "W.H. Smith & Son/ London" on front free endpaper. Signed by previous owner on verso of frontispiece. Minor foxing. A Very Good to Near Fine bright copy. Includes the following Sherlock Holmes stories: "The Adventure of the Empty House," "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder," "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist," "The Adventure of the Priory School," "The Adventure of Black Peter," "The Adventure of Charles August Milverton," "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons," "The Adventure of the Three Students," "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez," "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter," "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange," and "The Adventure of the Second Stain." Ex-Heritage Auctions April 6th, 2016.
Woolrich, Cornell [By] William Irish (pseudonym). I MARRIED A DEAD MAN. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1948]. First edition (so stated). A Fine copy in publisher's original purple-gray cloth, spine lettered and stamped in green, in a Near Fine example of the original, priced ($2.75) dust jacket. The DJ has one tiny nick to the spine tip and the rear panel is a bit soiled, but remains fresh, bright and without repair. In our experience, I MARRIED A DEAD MAN is one of Cornell Woolrich's most difficult titles to find in collector's condition. This is certainly the best one we've handled, or indeed seen, in recent years. Source for the 1950 Barbara Stanwyck Paramount Studios Film Noir, directed by Mitchell Leisen, entitled NO MAN OF HER OWN.