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by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton (1958), 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo. [6], 7-207, [1] pp. Red-orange cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of 12s.6d. on the front flap. Ahearn APG 019b. Hubin 153. The UK edition precedes the US edition. First issue, as per Ahearn. Near Fine with offsetting to the flyleaves, minor foxing to the top textblock, and a vintage English bookseller label on the front pastedown in a Near Fine jacket with minor rubbing and some mild fading to the red lettering on the spine panel.
Synopsis
Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never herd of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but decides he prefers to help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it."Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence:" -- Ross MacdonaldFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00007076
- Title
- Playback
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton (1958)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
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Evening Star Books
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