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Sale 257: Fine & Rare Books (#257) 02/10/2003 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #93 Killer in the Rain

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$212.50

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Title:

Killer in the Rain

Author:

Chandler, Raymond

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Hamish Hamilton

Date Published:

[1964]

Description:

xi, 332 pp. Introduction by Philip Durham. 8vo. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial jacket. First Edition.

Chandler's "cannibalized" work of short stories, previously unpublished in England. Most of them first appeared in "Black Mask" magazine where both Chandler and Dashiell Hammett honed their craft. Bruccoli A14.1.

Condition:

Minor rubbing and wear to jacket spine ends and corners, light soiling; volume spine leaning somewhat, faint musty odor, slight shelf wear; very good and bright copy in a near fine jacket.

Item#:

126805
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