After-Dinner Story.

WILLIAM IRISH

Publication: J B Lippincott Company, 1944, Philadelphia and New York

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.

Inventory Number: 49511