The Little Sister
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RC053
- Title
- The Little Sister
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; American Literature; Fiction; Mystery & Detective;
Terms of Sale
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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About the Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
About B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....