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WOOLRICH, Cornell (1903–1968). Typed Letter Signed (“Cornell Woolrich”) to Mr. H. N. Swanson in Regard to His New Crime Story: “The Bride Wore Black”. New York, New York, June 5, 1940. One page, 8vo (229 x 152 mm), on Hotel Marseilles stationery. Staple hole to upper corner. WOOLRICH INFORMS HIS LITERARY AGENT THAT HE HAS JUST COMPLETED A NEW CRIME STORY ENTITLED “THE BRIDE WORE BLACK”. He explains that “it’s a crime type of thing, but definitely not the conventional mystery or detective–story…” and that “’it’s not pulp and not for pulp…” stating that he only wants Swanson to handle it “out there” (the book–market) for him. “The Bride Wore Black” was the author’s first suspense novel and later the basis for the Francois Truffaut film of the same name.