Raymond Chandler's Mystery Omnibus (Containing two full-length mystery novels, The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely)
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
World Publishing, 1944. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint of the two classic Chandler novels. 'First printing June 1944' stated. 8vo in navy cloth, titles and devices in light blue, top edge stained grey. Binding tight and sqaure, small white stain on the foredge, light white streak along the front gutter, one small white stain on the rear board. The corners of the dustjacket are rubbed through, shallow chipping at the spine ends, shallow chipping and creassing at the top of the front panel, short tape reapair at the atop left of the rear panel, penny-sized chip at the top of the rear panel.
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- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 275745
- Title
- Raymond Chandler's Mystery Omnibus (Containing two full-length mystery novels, The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely)
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- World Publishing
- Date Published
- 1944
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Saint Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.