The Second Chandler Omnibus by Raymond Chandler - 1958

Book Club Associates, 1973. Book. Fair. Cloth. 550pp; Edges toned throughout; Previous owner's inscription to ff.e.p.; Includes The Simple Art of Murder; The Little Sister; The Long Good-bye; Playback;.

Hamish Hamilton, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. 550 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962 First edition thus. Hardcover book . Dark blue cloth, gilt title and decorative printed dustjacket designed by Patricia Davey. 550pp. Consists of the essay The Simple Art of Murder, plus the 3 later novels The Little Sister, The Long Goodbye and Playback. Very Good in Very Good jacket : covers clean, . Jacket bright, light handling marks to back, slight rubbing to base on spine, no inscriptions . Spotting to front end paper. Some light wear to front hinge. Now in clear sleeve. Nice Copy. Pictures available.

Hamish Hamilton London 1962. First edition thus. Top of pages edges browned, foxing o/w good in like jacket - stain bottom spine, rear panel edges browned.

Book Club Associates, by arrangement with Hamish Hamilton, 1979-01-01. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. No Dust Jacket - Pages have no notes or highlighting. The cover and spine have some wear.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An uncommon, first edition of this collection of three novels by Raymond Chandler, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First thus, being the first time these novels were published together in this form. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by American-British novelist and screenwriter, Raymond Chandler, who was most known for his compelling and popular works of detective fiction. This omnibus is comprised of three of Chandler's novels, 'The Little Sister', 'The Long Good-bye' and 'Playback', as well as his famous essay on the detective story, 'The Simple Art of Murder'. These novels were original published on their own in 1949, 1950, 1953 and 1958, respectively. In the publisher's cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with light shelf wear. Dust wrapper is excellent, with light edge wear and the odd mark,… Read More

London:: Hamish Hamilton,, 1962.. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Very Good Plus copy with owner's name and two small brown spots on flyleaf in a Near Fine, unclipped dj with a touch of soiling to the rear panel of the jacket and a closed edge tear. Contains: The Little Sister, The Long Good-bye, and Playback. With an introduction from Chandler's essay, The Simple Art of Murder.