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by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth titled/lined in maroon, tan topstain. Stated first printing. A square tight unmarked copy. Half title page is clipped. The unclipped DJ in mylar has edgewear/edgecreasing with wear to ends of spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25359
- Title
- Playback
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1958
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- Half Title
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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