Little Sister, The
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, 249 pages. Dust jacket is price clipped and shows some wear and rubbing to edges, spine and flaps, with small chunks missing from edges of spine. Red cloth with blue titles. Book itself in very good condition. Dj protected by mylar cover. Record # 856839
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
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 856839
- Title
- Little Sister, The
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Mystery, Novels, , .
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
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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...
- Price Clipped
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- Flap(s)
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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