Farewell, My Lovely (A Tower Mystery)
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The World Pub Co, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Third printing of the Tower Books edition. A fair copy of this vintage hardcover in jacket (text quite browned and brittle; cloth has some fading and wear to edges; jacket quite chipped and darkened).
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
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 630806
- Title
- Farewell, My Lovely (A Tower Mystery)
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The World Pub Co
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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