Red Wind - A Collection of Short Stories.
by CHANDLER, Raymond
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- first
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York., 1946. First edition. Octavo. 253 pages. Five stories that had been printed in Dime Detective, Black Mask and Saturday Evening Post.Cheap paper tanned as usual. Tail of spine slightly pushed. Near fine in very good dustwrapper slightly rubbed and nicked at the edges and with the red lettering faded on the spine.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHANDLER014392
- Title
- Red Wind - A Collection of Short Stories.
- Author
- CHANDLER, Raymond
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York.
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- crime fiction
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