Search Results: the lady in the lake by chandler

Canada: Ballantine Books, 1971. Book. Illus. by Tom Adams Painted Cover.. Good, Reading Copy.. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 217 pages " A Phillip Marlow mystery. "Did she jump, or was she pushed?" Cover art of drowning woman by TOM ADAMS " >>>This is a reading copy. cover creasing;;; 1/2" paper tear to front cover, repaired with tape; staining to bottom edge os paper spine; store stamp to front end page..

New York: Pocket Books, 1959. First Cardinal edition (C-344). Spine lean, else fine. . First Thus. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Cardinal, 1959. First Cardinal Edition . Wraps. solid Very good. Samll sticker pull on back cover else about fine

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.

New York: Pocket Books, 1946. Book. Illus. by Tom Dunn. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Paperback Edition/First Printing, September 1946, as stated on the copyright page. PBK #389. 236 pages. A Phillip Marlow mystery. "Did she jump, or was she pushed?" Cover art of drowning woman by Tom Dunn. Crease down right side of cover with edge and surface wear. Former owner name and town in ink on top of front red freepaper. Solid spine and pages and text still white, and not the usual toning present. A good copy of this scarce first printing. .

Cardinal, 1959. First Edition . Wraps. Vg.

Middlesex, UK: Penguin Books, 1952 First Penguin mass market paperback printing. The spine has a roll and some creasing, tiny chips at ends, minor wear to the covers, text is tanned. Very Good.

Pocket Books. PAPERBACK. B0007E5V0S 1946 1st Pocket Book Edition, 2nd Printing Book is in very good condition. Customer service is our #1 priority. We sell great books at great prices with super fast shipping. . Very Good.

London: The Companion Book Club, 1963. First Edition Of this Edition. Stained Boards. FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE!. Not Signed or Inscribed.. Red Cloth.. Good (BELOW AVERAGE)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK.

NY: Pocket Books. VG+. 1946. 1st Printing. Paperback. Pocket Books #389, 1946. Stated first Pocket Books printing in. VG+ c ondition. Tiny rub marks to the corners and spine tips. Lamination on rear cover starting to peel at the outer edges. Book store stamp on th e title page. Tanning to the preliminary pages. .

Stated first printing. Slipcased edition. Square spine, clean crisp pages, no writing or marks, no folded page corners. Slipcase clean and unworn. No dust jacket as issued. Not a remainder.

Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume primo (1934-1943). Pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket. Includes Finger Man, The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, The High Window, and The Lady in the Lake. Introduction by Oreste del Buono. A couple of small, faint stains to the fore edge affecting some of the leaves. A very good+ copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1st Penguin edition, 237 pages, covers and spine rubbed and dusty, pages tanned, (Penguin Books 867). . Good. Paperback. First Thus. 1952.

NY: Library of America, 1995. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. With humor, along with an unerring sense of dialogue and the telling details of dress and behavior, Raymond Chandler created a distinctive fictional universe out of the dark side of sunlit Los Angeles. In the process, he transformed both crime writing and the American language. Written during the war, The Lady in the Lake (1943) takes Philip Marlowe out of the seamy L.A. streets to the deceptive tranquility of the surrounding mountains, as the search for a businessman’s missing wife expands into an elegy of loneliness and loss. The darker tone typical of Chandler’s later fiction is evident in The Little Sister (1949), in which an ambitious starlet, a blackmailer, and a seemingly naïve young woman from Manhattan, Kansas, are the key players in a plot that provides fuel for a bitter indictment of Hollywood and Chandler’s most savage portrayal of his adopted city. The Long Goodbye… Read More

NY: Library of America, 1995. Bound in dark blue cloth, stamped in black and gold. In matching dust jacket. This is the first Library of America printing (stated) of this classic collection of Chandler mysteries. 1076 pp. . First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Library of America, 1995. 1st printing; dj in mylar; navy c w/gilt titles; satin marker; 1076 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8 Vo.

Library of America, 1995-09-30. hardcover. Like New. 5x1x8. 1st edition, 1st printing. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Minimal wear to the dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. the jacket is chipped and creased. edge wear on the book. foxing. all pages are clear and legible. sound binding. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

N. Y.: Modern Library Random House, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Modern Library Edition. Fine copy in price-clipped jacket with only the slightest trace of use to crown of spine..

New York: The Library of America, 1995. Crisp, unread copy in first printing. Includes screenplay he wrote for Double Indemnity. 1076 pages... First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.