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The Lady in the Lake
de Chandler, Raymond
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Very slight lean, small spot to fore edge, gentle pressing to spine tips and front corners, still near fine in near fine, faintl
- Librería
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition, first printing. Very slight lean, small spot to fore edge, gentle pressing to spine tips and front corners, still near fine in near fine, faintly toned dust jacket with very shallow chipping to corners, in mylar cover.. Known for cannibalizing his short stories, Chandler drew upon his previously published "Bay City Blues," "No Crime in the Mountains," and the eponymously named "The Lady of the Lake."
Fueled by his patriotism and written shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Chandler makes several references within the narrative to America's involvement in WWII. Where most authors fill the back of the dust jacket's with accolades, endorsements, and self-publicity, Chandler uses the whole of the rear jacket pleading for his readers to purchase War Bonds and Stamps and in so doing, "buy a share in the miracle" that is funding the war.
It is rare to find a copy of this most notable and scarce work (only 6,000 in the first print run) in such a beautiful wartime jacket.
Bruccoli, A 4.1.a.
Fueled by his patriotism and written shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Chandler makes several references within the narrative to America's involvement in WWII. Where most authors fill the back of the dust jacket's with accolades, endorsements, and self-publicity, Chandler uses the whole of the rear jacket pleading for his readers to purchase War Bonds and Stamps and in so doing, "buy a share in the miracle" that is funding the war.
It is rare to find a copy of this most notable and scarce work (only 6,000 in the first print run) in such a beautiful wartime jacket.
Bruccoli, A 4.1.a.
Sinopsis
Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he's denying nothing – on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe's on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA all the way to a murky mountain lake ...
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Hermitage Bookshop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 214527
- Título
- The Lady in the Lake
- Autor
- Chandler, Raymond
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very slight lean, small spot to fore edge, gentle pressing to spine tips and front corners, still near fine in near fine, faintl
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition, first printing
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Fecha de publicación
- 1943
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Sobre el vendedor
The Hermitage Bookshop
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Denver, Colorado
Sobre The Hermitage Bookshop
The Hermitage Bookshop was established in 1973 and has been under one owner since its inception. We are a full service rare and used bookshop and our stock is limited to hardbacks in excellent condition. We have been a member of both the ABAA and ILAB since 1980.
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