Smart-Aleck Kill
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. 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. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.
Synopsis
Smart-Aleck Kill is a collection of Raymond Chandler's short detective stories, which includes Finger Man; Smart-Aleck Kill; Pick-up on Noon Street; The King is Yellow; Pearls are a Nuisance; Nevada Gas; and Spanish Blood.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1695031943MEP
- Title
- Smart-Aleck Kill
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....