SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
by Ullman, Allan (from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some darkening to end papers, a fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with light wear with several small chips to
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[New York]: Random House, 1948. First edition. Some darkening to end papers, a fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with light wear with several small chips to head of spine panel and a shallow chip at the base of the spine panel, a touch of wear to the corner tips. Publishers promotional leaf for the film laid in. (32031). 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, hysterical 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 #
- 32031
- Title
- SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
- Author
- Ullman, Allan (from a screenplay by Lucille Fletcher)
- Book Condition
- Used - Some darkening to end papers, a fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with light wear with several small chips to
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Film Source . Mystery
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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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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