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Dark Melody of Madness; Deadline at Dawn; I Married a Dead Man; Phantom Lady; Speak to Me of Death; Stories to be Whispered; Black Alibi; The Black Angel; The Black Curtain; The Black Path of Fear; Rendezvous in Black; The Bride Wore Black; Walls That Hear You; Waltz Into Darkness
Dark Melody of Madness; Deadline at Dawn; I Married a Dead Man; Phantom Lady; Speak to Me of Death; Stories to be Whispered; Black Alibi; The Black Angel; The Black Curtain; The Black Path of Fear; Rendezvous in Black; The Bride Wore Black; Walls That Hear You; Waltz Into Darkness
Woolrich, Cornell; Pronzini, Bill; Swierczynski, Duane; Gorman, Ed; Malzberg, Barry N.; Renzi, Thomas C.; Dziemianowicz, Stefan; Pelan, John; Burns, Rex; Seabrook, Jack; Hjortsberg, William; Nolan, William F.; Nevins, Francis M.
- Publisher: The Centipede Press, Lakewood, CO
- Date published: 2012
- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9781613470237
First edition thus, fourteen volume hardcover set, all books are marked as limited no. 17/300, signed by the author of their introduction, as well as by the artists Mahurin & McMurray on their limitation page, and have a ribbon place holder with a color top edge treatment. The books each have a slight skew or lean to their binding, and slight bumps to their spine ends, while just a few of the volumes also have a touch of rubbing to their cloth, or some light smudging to the edges of their text block. The Black Angel has light bumps to its cover corners, and there is a small gap starting between text block and case at the head of the spine of Walls that Hear You. Overall, this is a solid, tight and bright, Very Good+ set in Near Fine dust jackets, most of which have some mild creasing to their corners, while Dark Melody of Madness also has a shallow peel to the head of its front hinge. The jackets are wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available by request. Higher shipping rates may apply. ISBNs - 9781613470237 (DMM, 2012); 9781613470206 (DD, 2012); 9781613470220 (IMDM, 2012); 9781613470213 (PL, 2012); 9781613470244 (SMD, 2012); 9781613471517 (SW, 2016); 9781613471463 (BA, 2016); 9781613471494 (TBA, 2016); 9781613471470 (TBC, 2016); 9781613471487 (TBPF, 2016); 9781613471500 (RB, 2016); 9781613471456 (TBWB, 2016); 9781613472446 (WTHY, 2021); 9781613472446 (WD, 2021).
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THE BRIDE WORE BLACK - FIRST "BLACK" BOOK, INSCRIBED BY WOOLRICH TO HIS AUNT
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK - FIRST "BLACK" BOOK, INSCRIBED BY WOOLRICH TO HIS AUNT
Woolrich, Cornell
- Publisher: New York: Simon and Schuster
- Date published: 1940
- Format: Hardcover
First Edition bound in gilt-stamped full black leather, with raised bands and gilt page edges. A fine association copy, warmly inscribed by Woolrich to his Aunt Lil on the front free endpaper: "To my darling / aunt Lil / with all my love, / Cornell / New Year's, 1941." The recipient was Woolrich s mother's sister, Lillian Tarler MacBain, who lived with Woolrich in New York City during the 1920s. Woolrich was one of two witnesses at the wedding of her son, Cornell's cousin Archie (who was 12 years his junior), to a waitress named Dorothy Lynch in 1938. Woolrich's first mystery, and first "black" book, which was the basis for the 1968 film La mariée était en noir directed by François Truffaut and starring Jeanne Moreau. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. A fine copy.
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