After Dinner Story by William Irish (a.k.a. Cornell Woolrich) - 1944

SELF-PUB. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR: "TO CHELSEA & KEVIN, APRIL, 15, 2015." . Fine. PAPERBACK. 1ST. 2012.

London: Hutchinson and Co. This is a Good Copy of this Book in publisher's original red cloth boards with black title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.There are a couple of small spot marks to the front cover and with some sun fading along the spune.There are no former names or inscriptions present.Some browning evident to the page edges.The book has a firm binding and remains a nice tight square copy.Undated but produced on economy standard paper (suggests early 1940's war-time) There are some numerical sums in red pen to the rear endpaper,8vo 191pp Undated Circa early 1940's Uncommon title . Good. Hardcover. 1945.

Hutchinson & Co, London. N.d. (1940s). Hutchinson. No date (1940s). Hardback NO DW. Grey cloth, red lettering. Boards marked and slightly rubbed. Lacks front endpaper and inner hinge is visible o/w contents overall are clean and sound.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. S-20 in this important series, a collection of six horror and mystery stories, including the title story, Rear Window, and Marihuana, William Irish is the pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good.

New York: J.B. Lippincott Company / Story Press Book, 1944. Very Good. New York: J.B. Lippincott Company / Story Press Book, [1944]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's green cloth stamped in black and brown; 209pp. Boards rubbed at corners and spine ends, light finger-soil to boards and textblock fore-edge, spine slightly cocked, faint dampspots along top textblock edge not bleeding into textblock, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy, albeit lacking the rare jacket. Six short stories by the crime novelist obscuring the lines between good old fashioned mystery, social commentary, and horror.

WASHINGTON, DC: Armed Services Editions. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition (thus) Near fine in oblong paperback wrappers (320pp. ) (3 3/4" X 5 1/2") (Tiny chip at base of front cover. Slight hint of shelf-wear and toning to text) . Features the classic stories "Rear Window" and "Marihuana" among others. Sharp copy; 3 3/4" X 5 1/2"; 320 pages .

Hutchinson & Co, London. Collectible - Acceptable. London NY etc: Hutchinson. No publishing date, c.1940s. Edition unknown. Hardcover 12mo 191 pgs. Good with no dust jacket. Greenish beige cloth with red lettering. Covers edgeworn and have light soil. Corners and spine ends bumped. Slight spine slant. Contents clean and binding sound. 6 short stories including 'Rear Window'. (Short Stories, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

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.