Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler's Knight
by Durham, Philip
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
The University of North Carolina Press, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1963. First Edition (8vo, grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 173pp, no mention of later printings). Book fine in fine dust jacket (faint fading on spine). DJ flap price reads "$5.00." The earliest critical study of Chandler's work; a well-documented study of the life and works of detective fiction author Raymond Chandler with the first appearances of some of his letters and poetry.
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- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005893
- Title
- Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler's Knight
- Author
- Durham, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Date Published
- 1963
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Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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