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Spanish Blood
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A lovely copy of this collection of short stories by Raymond Chandler, the first Tower Edition of this work, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A collection of short stories by Raymond Chandler, including 'Spanish Blood', 'The King in Yellow', 'Pearls are a Nuisance', 'Nevada Gas', and 'Trouble in my Business'. The first Tower Edition of this work, published the same year as the true first edition. Raymond Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter who also occasionally wrote detective crime stories. He is well known for writing The Big Sleep (1939), The Long Goodbye (1953), and The Lady in the Lake (1943). Enclosed in the original bright dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a touch of shelf wear. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart, with just some very light edgewear and a few light marks to the rear of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned, but are otherwise clean throughout. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 827J6
- Title
- Spanish Blood
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- spanish blood raymond chandler tower edition the high window raymond chandler
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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