killer rain introduction philip durham von chandler raymond (3 Ergebnisse)

[Modern literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2]; xii; [2]; 394; [6]. Publisher's blue cloth, white titles to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Rob Howard priced at $5.50 to front flap. Light pencil annotations here and there. Gentle wear to jacket extremities. Near fine. An anthology of eight tales from the king of detective fiction. It was Chandler's wish that these stories not be reprinted or collected during his lifetime, as he had borrowed extensively from their plots to furnish/complete his other novels.

xi, 332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. xi, 332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first posthumous collection of Chandler's early stories, with Durham's pioneering appreciation of Chandler's art and technique. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Near fine copy (some foxing to edges) in a very good plus dust jacket (a few faint spots of foxing, scuff with 3/16-inch loss at top of front fold).

FIRST EDITION, pp. xi, 332, 8vo, original fuchsia boards, backstrip lettered in gilt and slightly faded, very slight lean to spine, light spotting to edges, dustjacket slightly rubbed at extremities, very good. Early stories, collected for the first time here and without a corresponding US edition.