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The High Window
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland & New York: World Publishing, 1945. "Detective Marlowe in a shocking, thrilling murder mystery" - one of the iconic books of the 20th century. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition Thus, a wartime reissue under the "Tower Books" series. Stated First Printing. Black cloth binding with blue lettering and the Tower Mystery symbol of a bat on the front cover. Clean text; 240 pages; the wartime paper is tanning. The dustjacket replicates the design of the Knopf original; it is complete, still bright, with some fairly minimal edgewear and chipping. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
Synopsis
A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune--the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation."Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude."-- Erle Stanley Gardner"Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement." -- The New York TimesFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001842
- Title
- The High Window
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- World Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland & New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Mysteries);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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