London:: Hamish Hamilton,, 1964. First edition. Cloth. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. With an introduction by Philip Durham. Light discolouring to page edges. Light sunning and rubbing to cloth edges. Spine warped. Sunned dj, light chipping to dj corners. Small tear to dj edge on top spine corner on front approx. 5mm, front bottom spine corners approx. 1 cm and bottom front corner approx. 1cm. Light stain to rear of dj.

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"Killer in the Rain" refers to a collection of short stories, including the eponymous title story, written by hard-boiled detective fiction author Raymond Chandler. The collection features eight short stories originally published in pulp magazines between 1935 and 1941. At Chandler's request, the stories remained uncollected during his lifetime and, save for three which were reprinted without his express permission, were not republished until 1964.

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Bookseller: Primrose Hill Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9560
Title: Killer in the Rain.
Author: Chandler, Raymond
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton,
Place of Publication: London:
Date Published: 1964
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction: Mystery; Hard-Boiled Mystery;

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