RED WIND: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Text paper age darkened, a nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with edge wear with tiny chip, several closed tears and som
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1946]. First edition. Text paper age darkened, a nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with edge wear with tiny chip, several closed tears and some creases. (24729). Octavo, cloth. First publication of these five stories in a hardcover book. The stories appeared earlier (with five others) in FIVE MURDERERS (1944) and FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS (1945), two paperbound books published by Avon. Bruccoli AA2. Hubin, p. 153.
Synopsis
Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories by Raymond Chandler is a compilation of short stories previously printed in Dime Detective , Black Mask , and The Saturday Evening Post in the 1930s. Some of the stories included: Red Wind, Blackmailers Don't Shoot, I'll Be Waiting, Goldfish, and Guns at Cyrano's.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24729
- Title
- RED WIND: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Book Condition
- Used - Text paper age darkened, a nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with edge wear with tiny chip, several closed tears and som
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- [1946]
- Keywords
- Mystery . SC
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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