I Married a Dead Man

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1948. Very Good -. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1948. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's mauve cloth, black spine titling; 254pp. Boards rather scuffed with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, occasional soil spots to cloth and textblock, endpapers toned, notes to rear free endpaper verso neatly effaced, else a Good to Very Good and sound copy, albeit lacking jacket. A Story Press Book.

Noir novel of single motherhood and mistaken identity hinging on a fatal train crash, a baby born in the wreckage, and the blinding effects of promised wealth. The work has been adapted multiple times, most notably as the 1932 film No Man of Her Own directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Barbara Stanwyck.