Five Sinister Characters
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Avon, 1945. First edition. Softcover. Good. First printing of this collection in trade sized covers (Avon would publish a traditional smaller paperback size the following year with slightly different mcover design). Color illustrated softcovers. Murder Mystery Monthly No. 28. 168 pp. Good to very good, light creasing to the covers and wear at the spine extremities. The first book appearance and first collected edtiton of these five tales that originally appeared individiually in pulp magazines. The stories are: "Trouble Is my Buisness', "Pearls Are a Nuisance", "I'll Be Waiting", "The King In Yellow", "Red Wind
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E25791
- Title
- Five Sinister Characters
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Avon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- noir, detective, mystery, thriller, vintage, pulp
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Pulp magazines
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- First Edition
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