![WOOLRICH, Cornell. The Black Curtain. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. The author's second mystery. -- Black Alibi. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. -- The Black Angel. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran for The Crime Club, 1943. -- The Black Path of Fear. Doubleday, Doran for The Crime Club, 1944. -- Rendezvous in Black. New York: Rinehart & Company, [1948]. Together 5 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS, 8o, original cloth; pictorial DUST JACKETS, overall very good condition. Five novels from Woolrich's Black series, complete except for The Bride Wore Black (see lot 255). More of Woolrich's work was adapted for film noir than any other writer; three of the present novels were the basis for films. (5)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2002/NYR/2002_NYR_01117_0258_000(045807).jpg?w=1)
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WOOLRICH, Cornell. The Black Curtain. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. The author's second mystery. -- Black Alibi. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. -- The Black Angel. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran for The Crime Club, 1943. -- The Black Path of Fear. Doubleday, Doran for The Crime Club, 1944. -- Rendezvous in Black. New York: Rinehart & Company, [1948]. Together 5 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS, 8o, original cloth; pictorial DUST JACKETS, overall very good condition. Five novels from Woolrich's Black series, complete except for The Bride Wore Black (see lot 255). More of Woolrich's work was adapted for film noir than any other writer; three of the present novels were the basis for films. (5)