cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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John Lawrence, “Murder Must Go On!” (Marquis of Broadway)
Carl Clausen, “The Bell of Blackman’s Knob”
Cornell Woolrich, “Meet Me by the Mannequin”
D.L. Champion, “Turn in Your Badge!” (Insp. Allhoff)
Wyatt Blassingame, “The Coral Band”
cover art by Edgar A. Whitney
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~ Frederick C. Davis, “All Roads Closed”, ‘kidnapping & amnesia’, 9th of 16 stories in BM
~ Mindret Lord, “The Tattooed Tramp”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Roger Torrey, “Hay Time”, ‘11th (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 38th of 50 appearances in BM
~ Lawrence Treat, “Swampers’ Gold”, ‘pirate treasure’, 4th of 5 stories in BM
~ Edward S. Williams, “Bloody Answers”, ‘Corporal John Harmon, State Trooper, narrator’, 5th of 8 appearances in BM
~ Cornell Woolrich, “Men Must Die”, 12th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM
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cover art by Stockton Mulford
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~ W.T. Ballard, “Friends Sometimes Kill”, “Don Tomaso Sherman, narrator: 2nd DTS story”, 28th of 43 stories in BM
~ H.W. Guernsey, “Late Harvest”, ‘mushrooms, e.g. morel (nightshade)’, 2nd of 4 stories in BM
~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “Burial Mound”, 4th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida
~ Roger Torrey, “One Good Turn”, ‘Shean Connell, private peep; 3rd of 4 SC stories’, reprinted in Just Nice Girl: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Shean Connell, Vol. 1 (Steeger, 2025), 31st of 50 appearances in BM
~ Edward S. Williams, “Leave the Door Open”, ‘Peter Nelson, young MD, in the slums’, 3rd of 8 appearances in BM
~ Cornell Woolrich, “Cab, Mister?”, 7th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM
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a collection of short stories by Cornell Woolrich, writing as William Irish
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cover art by John Fleming Gould
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T.T. Flynn, “Saratoga Slay-Ride” (Mr. Maddox)
Frederick C. Davis, “Poison on Her Lips” (Keyhole Kerry)
Cornell Woolrich, “The Case of the Talking Eyes”
Jan Dana, “Storm Signal” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Denslow M. Dade, “Judgment Seat”
cover art by John Newton Howitt
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T.T. Flynn, “The Evil Brand” (Val Easton)
Eric Taylor, “Scarlet Wake” (Jim Kern)
Frederick Nebel, “Pardon My Murder” (Cardigan)
Max Brand, “The Unnumbered Door” (Dave Clovelly)
Cornell Woolrich, “Preview of Death” [revised into “Murder Before the Camera”] (Det. Galbraith)
Sam Powell, “Blood Storm”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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T.T. Flynn, “Hayseed Homicide”
Dale Clark, “Tag! You’re Dead” (Plates O’Rion)
D.L. Champion, “Go Home and Die! (Insp. Allhoff)
Cornell Woolrich, “What the Well-Dressed Corpse Will Wear”
Julius Long, “Accidents Will Happen”
1950 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
new cover art by Barye Phillips
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Cornell Woolrich’s “Those Who Kill” published, which he expanded into Phantom Lady
WOOLRICH, Cornell (“William Irish”). Phantom Lady. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, [1942].
8o. Original cloth (some dampstain, spine discolored); pictorial dust jacket (one corner clipped, slight wear to spine panel ends and corners).
FIRST EDITION of the first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym and the basis for Robert Siodmak’s 1944 film noir adaptation.
cover art by Lesso Manso
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1955 Graphic reissue, abridged
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2012 Centipede Press hardcover reissue
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1944. Dialogue and Continuity for the 1944 film.
White titled self-wrappers, noted as Dialogue Continuity on the front wrapper, production No. 1346, dated January 5, 1944, with credits for director Robert Siodmak. Approximately 110 leaves, with last page of text numbered 13. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with a small closed tear at the top edge, bound with two gold brads along the top edge.
SMB Noir 