Pick-up on Noon Street (Pocket Book # 846 ) by CHANDLER, RAYMOND - 1952

Canada: Pocket Books, 1952. Book. Illus. by Tom Dunn GGA Painted Cover.. Very Good/ Fine. Soft cover. Second Edition By Publisher.. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 196 pages Good read notes = " The collection contains four stories, All first appeared in detective magazines. Philip Marlowe, hero of Chandler's novels, is nowhere to be found. In the title story, originally published as "Noon Street Nemesis" in 1936, undercover narc Pete Anglish accidentally becomes involved in a scheme to extort money from a movie star. "Smart-Aleck Kill" (1934), another tale with a Hollywood angle, tells of P. I. Johnny Dalmas's attempts to unravel a bogus blackmail plot. In "Guns at Cyrano's" (1936) Ted Carmady, once a detective, now a hotel owner, gets into trouble when he discovers a pretty dancer unconscious in the hallway. Gambler Johnny De Rose hopes to avoid a vengeful gangster in "Nevada Gas" (1935) but is dragged into deadly violence anyway.">> Cover creasing; spine slant;.