SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
by Ullman, Allan (from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Several edge rubs, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the corner tips with a touch of loss, light w
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[New York]: Random House, 1948. First edition. Several edge rubs, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the corner tips with a touch of loss, light wear to the spine ends with a few shallow chips, moderate fade of red title lettering on spine panel. (23455). Octavo, boards. Novelization of the 1948 film noir directed by Anatole Litvak from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher. Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. "One of those auspicious meldings of high noir style and content that depicts a grim, hyterical situation with maximum levels of narrative depth, credibility and suspense." Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 376. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 262-263. Keaney, Film Noir Guide, p. 394.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23455
- Title
- SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
- Author
- Ullman, Allan (from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher)
- Book Condition
- Used - Several edge rubs, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the corner tips with a touch of loss, light w
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Film Source . Mystery
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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