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Pleasantville, New York:: ImPress Mystery,, (2003). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in burgundy boards with silver lettering and copper decorations on the front cover, copper lettering on the spine (previous owner's name). . First thus. A novel originally published in 1948 under the pseudonym of William Irish, a story of mistaken identity by the "father of noir fiction." A title in the Best Mysteries of All Time series. Includes 3 pp about the author. 263 pp. Brochure laid in.

New York, NY: Penguin , March 1994. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack . Very Good. Mass market paperback and first Penguin paperback edition in 1994 with this number line: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 . Clean, bright square copy. Previous dealer's address stamp on first inside page. [254 pages]

London: Hutchinson & Co, ND. Early Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fair+/Good. Peter Rudland. 8vo. Pp. 160. Bound in taupe cloth with black lettering on spine. Sporadic foxing to endpapers. Top edge dust soiled. Slight lean. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows wear to edges, especially head and tail of spine. Third printing. The Peter Rudland dust jacket art conveys the gloomy ambience of a deserted city street - deserted but for a couple dragging a corpse. See HUBIN, p. 221, who cites this as being first published by Lippincott, and that "William Irish" was one of two pen-names used by Cornell Woolrich; the other was "George Hopley." Dust jacket is now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

J. B. Lippincott. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition purple cloth is faded and toned. End pages have some toning. The jacket is in poor to fair condition. It is trimmed at top and bottom, clipped at top with price still at bottom of front flap and with considerable overall wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York : Avon Publishing Co., (1949). First paperback edition. "Oh, yes, the summer nights are pleasant in Caulfield. But not for us". Originally published in hardback the previous year, but without the gloriously literal artwork of the present edition. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 187,[v]pp. Original pictorial wrappers; all edges red; small repair at foot; very faint damp-stain to lower wrapper, with just mild impact on last leaf, edges, and reverse of upper cover; one slight nick, but otherwise very good. Just a single copy (Kent State) of this edition traced in major libraries worldwide.

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1948.. 254pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly water damaged dustwrapper, chipped to edges, otherwise a very good copy.. First Edition.

New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1948. Solid copy in its first printing. First edition stated on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Light purple boards are clean and attractive. One lightly bumped tip. Light offset to endpapers, primarily in rear near hinge and maybe a piece of paper caused offset on rear pastedown. Jacket is a professionally made facsimile or reproduction of first edition with transparent mylar to protect it for years. It is without flaws. Scarce on the market and has been for years. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardccover. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/Fine (Facsimile Dust Jacket). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1948. Solid copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Light purple boards have light offset on rear board but boards are clean and fresh (surprisngly so for a 1948 printing) with fairly sharp tips. Price intact jacket has two small chips on spine and soiling on rear panel but no large chips or creasing. Scarce on the market and has been for years. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardccover. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.