The Big Sleep
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Avon Murder Mystery Monthly No. 7, 1942. Book. Illus. by Wm. Frost. Fair. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Thus.. Digest. Chandler's first novel, which he based on two of his short stories ("Killer in the Rain" and "The Curtain"). 170 pages. Strongly cocked, significant handling wear, creases, spine edges scraped, short tears to bottom spine edges, tanning..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019089
- Title
- The Big Sleep
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Illustrator
- Wm. Frost
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st Thus.
- Publisher
- Avon Murder Mystery Monthly No. 7
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- Digest
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, blackmail, murder
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery--Suspense--Thriller (paperback); Periodicals (magazines, digests, pulps);
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...