The Smell of Fear
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1965. Foxing to back panel of unclipped (original price 30/-) dustwrapper, a couple of small scuff-marks to bottom edge of same, spine slightly discoloured at top end. Minor bumping to spine ends of gray boards, foxing to outer pages and to page edges, pencil marks to the list of titles, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. "First published in Great Britain 1965" on rev of title page, no other dates or printings given. Contains fourteen stories by the author of "Farewell My Lovely", namely: Blackmailers Don't Shoot, Pearls are a Nuisance, Finger Man, The King in Yellow, Smart-Aleck Kill, Pick-Up on Noon Street, Nevada Gas, Spanish Blood, Trouble is My Business, Red Wind, I'll be Waiting, Goldfish, Guns at Cyrano's and The Pencil. This was the first UK appearance in book form of "Blackmailers Don't Shoot" and "The Pencil". Issued as part of a four-volume omnibus series of Chandler's complete works. 538pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012676
- Title
- The Smell of Fear
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hard-Boiled-fiction,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Mystery and Detective;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
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