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This is an early, well-worn but square and complete collectible first edition of this Chandler issue which, for the collector, demonstrates his growing powers in his genre, as well as his burgeoning popularity.Photos on request.

New York: New Avon Library, 1944. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. A few pages with a tiny tear at upper foredge (not affecting text), pages tanned as usual, covers with light creases, spine faded, about very good. Avon 63. Five mysteries that originally appeared in *Black Mask*, published earlier in 1944 in digest format as *Avon Murder Mystery Monthly* #19.

NY: AVON #63. VG. PAPERBACK. First Edition. 1944.

New York: Avon, 1944. First Edition. Paperback original. Creased with tears and soiling, a good copy only.

New York: Avon Books, 1944. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good +. Pocket paperbound book. First pocket paperbound edition of these five crime stories by Chadler. Published as Avon Books #63. Previously published the same year in an enlarged format by Avon as well. 286 pp. A crisp very good plus copy.

avon book, , (Reprints M.M.M.19), . 63, , very good -fine, , reading crease, (COLLECTION OF 5 STORIES), , paperback,

New York: Avon Book Company. Published as part of the Murder Mystery Monthly series. Covers creased, old tape repairs to a couple of the early pages, natural paperback ageing. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics. . Good. Paperback. First Thus. 1944.

New York: Avon Book Company, [1945]. Second paperback edition, first issue. A near fine copy in wrappers, crease to front cover, mild edge rubbing, small chip to upper right corner. (12093). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Avon #63. Trade paperback. First published by Avon first as part of their Murder Mystery Monthly series. Story collection. Raymond Chandler: A Descriptive Bibiography-A5.2.

New York: Avon, 1944. First Edition. Paperback original. A very good copy with some creases and tearing to the spine.

NY: AVON.. Near Fine. 1945. First Edition. Softcover. First Pocket-size Paperback Edition. (Following the digest-size Murder Mystery Monthly Edition) Near fine in striking pictorial printed wrappers. (Faint reading crease at edge of front cover. Tiny dig at bottom edge of spine. The paper is white! The edges deep purple!) A sharp copy. .

FIVE MURDERERS, Avon, 1944, first edition, some creasing and soiling to the covers, else just about a vg copy in wraps. A Queen's Quorum title.

NY: Avon Book Company (Murder Mystery Monthly), 1944. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #19, a paperback original (digest-sized). Very good in wraps. Spine slightly sunned, with slight wear at spine corners. Small reading creases on front cover, pages browning, and light foxing inside both covers, slightly offset to the facing pages. There is also a tiny dampstain at the lower front corner of the page block, that extends about 1/4" up the pages. The dampstain is almost impossible to see. The front cover illustration is bright, and the book is tight and square. Even with the flaws mentioned, a desireable copy.

Avon, 1944. Very Good. Chandler, Raymond. 5 Murderers. Murder Mystery Monthly No. 19.. New York: Avon, 1944. 1st edition. 166pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed and bumped edges. Colors on covers are vibrant.. Rare..

NY: Avon. Very Good. 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Original wrappers. Avon Murder mystery monthly #19. Pulp detective magazine. Creasing, minor spotting. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

New York: Avon, 1944. First Edition. Original wrappers. Queen’s Quorum. A very good copy.

New York: Avon Book Company, 1944. First edition. Some mild edge rubs, inked word crossed out to rear panel, a bright, nearly fine copy. (23452). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #19. Digest size format. Collection of mystery stories which first appeared in Black Mask. Contents: Blackmailers Don't Shoot, Goldfish,Guns at Cyrano's, Nevada Gas, and Spanish Blood. Hubin, p. 152. Queen's Quorum 99.

New York: Avon Book Company, 1946. First Editions. First book appearances, collectively, of 13 hard-boiled stories and Chandler's essay, "The Simple Art of Murder," which first appeared in the pages of Dime Detective, Black Mask, and The Atlantic Monthly, et al. All of the contributions with exception to "The Bronze Door" would be included in his 1950 collection The Simple Art of Murder. Despite the humble format of these volumes, they contain some of Chandler's sharpest prose, and rank among the best of his short fiction. While we have seen presentation copies of all of Chandler's novels, this is the first time we've encountered an inscribed copy of one of these pulp digests. Bruccoli A5.1, A6.1, A7.1; Hubin, p.74. First Printings. Three digest-sized octavos (19.25cm); original pictorial card wrappers; pp.[ii],11-166,[2] ads; [ii],11-168; [iv],11-122,[4] ads. Five Sinister Characters is inscribed by Chandler on the title page, to the wife of Chicago bookseller Arthur Lovell, with whom the author… Read More