William Irish Bibliography

UK First Edition Books

The following bibliography contains the criminous titles
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Title Publisher Date Issue Points - Notes

Phantom Lady Robert Hale 1945 Dust jacket 8/6

If I Should Die Before I Wake Avon 1945 US only

Borrowed Crimes Avon 1946 US only

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes Hutchinson 1946 Dust jacket 9/6 or 8/6? US 1943

After Dinner Story Hutchinson 1947 US 1944

Deadline at Dawn Hutchinson 1947 Dust jacket 9/6

The Dancing Detective Hutchinson Mar 1948 Dust jacket 9/6. US 1946
Short stories one became the 1947 film noir The Guilty

Waltz into Darkness Hutchinson Oct 1948 Dustwrapper 10/6

Dead Man Blues Hutchinson 1950 Dust jacket artwork by Kenneth Lockwood
Not in the English Catalogue of Books US 1948

I Married a Dead Man Hutchinson 1950 Not listed in ECB.

Six Nights of Mystery Popular 1950 US only

The Blue Ribbon Hutchinson 1951 DJ 8/6. Not listed in ECB. US 1949

The Night I Died Hutchinson 1951 US: Somebody on the Phone

You'll Never See Me Again Dell 1951 US only

Eyes That Watch You Rinehart 1952 US only

Bluebeard's Seventh Wife Popular 1952 US only

Strangler's Serenade Robert Hale 1952

The Best of William Irish Lippincott 1960 US only

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also see Cornell Woolrich

Further Information
William Irish, pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich was born in New York in 1903 and lead a tortured life that would not have been out of place in any of his novels. In all cases, the US editions precede the UK. Many of his books were not published in the UK at all, alternative titles are noted when applicable. The author died in 1968.

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Title	Publisher	Date	Issue Points - Notes
Phantom Lady	Robert Hale	1945	Dust jacket 8/6
If I Should Die Before I Wake	Avon	1945	US only
Borrowed Crimes	Avon	1946	US only
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes	Hutchinson	1946	Dust jacket 9/6 or 8/6? US 1943
After Dinner Story	Hutchinson	1947	US 1944
Deadline at Dawn	Hutchinson	1947	Dust jacket 9/6
The Dancing Detective	Hutchinson	Mar 1948	Dust jacket 9/6. US 1946 Short stories one became the 1947 film noir The Guilty
Waltz into Darkness	Hutchinson	Oct 1948	Dustwrapper 10/6
Dead Man Blues	Hutchinson	1950	Dust jacket artwork by Kenneth Lockwood Not in the English Catalogue of Books US 1948
I Married a Dead Man	Hutchinson	1950	Not listed in ECB.
Six Nights of Mystery	Popular	1950	US only
The Blue Ribbon	Hutchinson	1951	DJ 8/6. Not listed in ECB. US 1949
The Night I Died	Hutchinson	1951	US: Somebody on the Phone
You'll Never See Me Again	Dell	1951	US only
Eyes That Watch You	Rinehart	1952	US only
Bluebeard's Seventh Wife	Popular	1952	US only
Strangler's Serenade	Robert Hale	1952
The Best of William Irish	Lippincott	1960	US only