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1943 Raymond Chandler “Farewell, My Lovely” Philip Marlowe First edition Chandler’s 2nd Philip Marlowe novel 1st time in paperback
Original price was: $33.00.$26.73Current price is: $26.73.
“Farewell, My Lovely” by Raymond Chandler, published 1943 by Pocket. Second appearance of the protagonist Philip Marlowe, after “The Big Sleep”, in novel form.
First edition, first ever appearance in paperback form.
This is a “good plus” paperback with a solid, albeit cocked spine. No loose, torn or folded pages. No writing. Back cover and lower spine have an approximate 2″ split. Covers show a fair amount of creasing. Internally, pages are of quality paper – rather unusual for the period – and are nice and bright.
See accompanying images for full condition details.
Considered to be one of the “big four” novels of Mr. Chandler’s writing career.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged and fully insured.
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| Weight | 48 oz |
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| Dimensions | 12 × 10 × 4 in |
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This is a "very good" cloth and faux leather wrapped vintage hardcover published by Chatham River in 1986, 692.
First edition thus. The binding is tight, not split or weak. No loose, torn or folded pages. Text block is square, closes tightly. The upper and outer text block edges have their gilt faded, likely from sun, the bottom edge is still mostly intact. Board corners are crisp, not bumped. Lettering and decoration on the spine is bright, not rubbed or faded. Lettering on the front board looks some what faded. Red cloth on boards shows some sunning and spotting, mildly curled from aging. Not perfect, but still a very pretty volume, showing some signs of aging, but no real signs of handling. Includes: The Big Sleep Farewell My Lovely The High Window The Lady in the Lake See accompanying images for full condition details. Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
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Rex Stout is the author and creator of the popular Nero Wolfe series of mysteries. The binding is solid, not cracked, not rolled, complete and solid. Text block closes tightly and is flat and square. The glossy cover coating is complete, front and back, the slightest bit of lifting at front cover lower corner. Covers are crease free. Blue tint on textblock top edge is sunned, other edges fairly uniform. One small numerical annotation on the front free end paper, otherwise no writing or marks. No loose, torn or folded pages. Really an much-better-than-typical copy! You don't find these books in this condition very often. Please see the images for complete condition details. Will ship promptly, carefully packaged. Combined shipping: Some platforms (Facebook being one), may not handle combining multiple orders into one shipment easily. If you order multiple items on a platform on the same date and are charged shipping multiple times, when we generate your shipping labels, we will credit back shipping overages.
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