The Little Sister
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Veldhoven, Netherlands
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First US edition. Publisher's first-state orange cloth, spine and front stamped in blue. Spine ends slightly pushed, trace of shelf wear, some pages roughly cut. 249 pp. A near fine copy in facsimile dust jacket with slight wear that's now protected in mylar cover. .
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
- Concept Books (NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002322
- Title
- The Little Sister
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Detectives, Mystery, Crime, Raymond Chandler,
Terms of Sale
Concept Books
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About the Seller
Concept Books
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Veldhoven
About Concept Books
Concept Books is an internet bookseller specialized in 20th century books on literature, art, design, typography, architecture and photography. We buy special and rare books on these subjects. Visit our showroom at: http://goo.gl/oZxTq.
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- Cloth
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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