Irish (William, pseud. Cornell Woolrich) Somebody on the Phone
£295
Philadelphia & New York, Lippincott, 1950.
First edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.50.
A collection of six stories by Woolrich under his well-known pseudonym ‘William Irish’. The title story was the basis for the 1952 film Don’t Ever Open That Door.
In stock
Cloth slightly sunned at head of spine; jacket trimmed slightly, some rubbing to corners and spine ends.
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