The Lady in the Lake
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg Plus/Fine (Facsimilie Dust jacket)
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1943. First edition is stated on copyright page. Attractive, clean copy. Jacket is facsimile of first edition. Light green boards have sharp corners with light stain on front board that is pretty faint. Very small light abrasion to binding. Brief gift inscription from former owner on front pastedown underneath flap. Tight, square clean copy of classic. Basis for film which featured Robert Montomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan and Leon Ames released in 1946. . First American Edition. Cloth. Vg Plus/Fine (Facsimilie Dust jacket). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000400
- Title
- The Lady in the Lake
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Fine (Facsimilie Dust jacket)
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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