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THE LADY IN THE LAKE

by Chandler, Raymond

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About This Item

New York: Pocket Books, 1959. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Pocket Cardinal C-344; one of the novels that cemented Chandler's reputation as a grand master of the hardboiled mystery, features Los Angeles private detective, Philip Marlowe; First Printing of First Cardinal Edition; text is clean, tight, age-tanned with a very slight spine lean in whole but slightly worn pictorial wrappers showing minor creasing, surface and edgewear. Collectable.

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
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
002284
Title
THE LADY IN THE LAKE
Author
Chandler, Raymond
Format/Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Good Plus to Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Printing, First Edition Thus.
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Pocket Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1959
Keywords
MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, DETECTIVE, PHILIP MARLOWE, VINTAGE PAPERBACK, LOS ANGELES, HARDBOILED
Bookseller catalogs
Mystery; Private Detective; Vintage Paperback;

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About the Seller

H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
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Canandaigua, New York

About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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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...
Mass Market
Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Wrappers
The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

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