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Down these Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler's Knight
by Philip Durham
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 6". None. A fine copy of Philip Durham's biographical and critical study of detective fiction writer Raymond Chandler. The first edition, first impression of English professor Philip Durham's biography of hard-boiled crime fiction writer Raymond Chandler. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Published four years after the author's death, Durham examines the life and writing of Chandler, with a specific focus on the development of - and inspiration behind - Philip Marlowe, the private detective played by Humphrey Bogart in the 1946 adaptation of his novel 'The Big Sleep'.An excellent copy of this well researched biographical work. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright. Light marks to front and rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 828F44
- Title
- Down these Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler's Knight
- Author
- Philip Durham
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- detective fiction raymond chandler literary biography raymond chandler
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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