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Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Kaufman, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler, Knopf, New York 1940. First edition stated. Top edge navy blue, page edges slightly darkened from age, front bottom right corner bumped, binding tight. Front and back paste downs foxed but interior pages are clean, no underlining, no highlighting or other markings. Previous owner's name on front paste down, very small along with the year 1940. Light wear top and bottom of spine. Overall, an attractive copy.
Synopsis
Farewell, My Lovely is a 1940 novel by Raymond Chandler, the second novel he wrote featuring Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen three times.
Reviews
On Jul 3 2015, a reader said:
Brilliant. About half way through the book I thought 'After this book was written why did anyone bother to write any more crime books at all?'. It's got plot and clues and characters and places. It's got sight, smell, sound and touch, even some change of pace. And most of all it has the most brilliant stream of consciousness. It is written in the first person and in the past tense, but not as if telling what happened from the future - more as a running commentary - the still, small voice in the head slightly detached and describing or explaining the action to himself as it plays out. Terrific. Now got to find a whiskey sour and decide which film of the book to watch while it is fresh in my mind.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Concho River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000103
- Title
- Farewell, My Lovely
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred a. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 275
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- detective. mystery, Raymond Chandler
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Concho River Books
Biblio member since 2017
Kaufman, Texas
About Concho River Books
Shipping in USA and Worldwide. Full refund if not completely satisfied and return comes back to me within 30 day. Customer pays return shipping.
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
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- New
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