Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Good/No Jacket. 1949. First Edition. Cloth. Reddish, orange, cloth hardcover boards. The spine is slghtly darker from being handled. Pages are tight. 249 p. 22 cm. Story features Mr. Philip Marlowe the famous private investigator. the backdrop is California--Los Angeles of the 1940's. Turn up the collar of your trench coat before you settle in for this read baby! The spine features bold lettering. the center of the front cover is decorated with a very menacing looking dagger. The borders of each of the end pages are tanned. About 10 pages have a small, irregular "foxed" mark, not quite a circle, yet not a blotch. All pages are very legible, and despite the aforementioned are clean. The publication year of 1949 appears once on the title page and is repeated on the copyright page, with no other numbers or dates appearing. .

Synopsis

A movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure Marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of Hollywood fame. Chandler's first foray into the industry that dominates the company town that is Los Angeles.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: BookTown USA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4006685
Title: The Little Sister
Author: Chandler, Raymond
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good/No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Place of Publication: Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1949
Keywords: Philip, Marlowe, California, Detective, Mystery

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