Chandler Before Marlowe: Raymond Chandlers Early Prose and Poetry, 1908-1912
by Chandler, Raymond; Bruccoli, Matthew (ed.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0872493059
- ISBN 13
- 9780872493056
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 1973. Second. Hard Cover. Yes. Cloth, 109 pps. with checklist of Chandler's works. With a foreword by Jacques Barzun. Collection of prose and poetry by author Raymond Chandler, all written between 1908 and 1912, before he became the master of the noir detective fiction genre. During this period of his life, Chandler was one of Edwardian London's "clever young men who made a decent living as free lances for the numerous literary weeklies..." Fine in dust jacket with a couple tiny spots lower edge of front panel else fine.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E5883B
- Title
- Chandler Before Marlowe: Raymond Chandlers Early Prose and Poetry, 1908-1912
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond; Bruccoli, Matthew (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Yes
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0872493059
- ISBN 13
- 9780872493056
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Place of Publication
- Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Authors, Literary Criticism, Marlowe Philip, Detective, Noir, Suspense, Biblio, Authors, Fiction, Biography, Chandler Raymond, los Angeles
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