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AFTER-DINNER STORY.
by IRISH, WILLIAM
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1944]., 1944. First edition. First edition. Pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich. Fine, bright, square copy in dust jacket lightly soiled on the white rear panel and with minor wear to the spine ends and corners. Contains six short stories including AFTER-DINNER STORY, THE NIGHT REVEALS, AN APPLE A DAY, MARIHAUANA, REAR WINDOW, and MURDER STORY. Contains REAR WINDOW which is the basis for the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock directed movie that starred James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr, and others. The film was nominated for four Oscars. Queen's Quorum 97. An exceptional copy housed in a cloth clamshell case with leather spine labels and titles stamped ingilt.
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- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49511
- Title
- AFTER-DINNER STORY.
- Author
- IRISH, WILLIAM
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company, [1944].
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and New York
- Date Published
- 1944
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BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
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- New
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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