Woolrich (Cornell) The Black Angel
£495
London, Robert Hale, 1949.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 8s6d.
A distinctly uncommon UK first edition of one of Woolrich’s “black” titles, considered one of his best by many – a young wife attempts to prove her husband innocent of the murder for which he has been sentenced to die. The source for the 1946 film of the same name directed by Roy William Neill.
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Book near Fine; jacket with some chips and closed tears, but overall VG.
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