The Simple Art of Murder by Chandler, Raymond - 1950

London: Rich & Cowan Ltd., 1935. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. About fine but for traces of wear to extremities, and discreet signature of prev. owner. The jacket is edgeworn, with some fraying and small chips to spine head and tale, not affecting titles. Closed tear on back panel. Front panel colour illustration remains complete and bright. A very attractive copy of a now scarce title by the author of the Ludovic Travers series..

Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1922. FIRST U.K EDITION. 8vo. Previous owners neat inscription, dated Xmas 1922, on the front free endpaper. Both sets of endpapers with some offsetting, mostly to the margins and possibly a reaction to the glue used in the book's production. Publishers blue cloth with title and Author on the front board, within two ruled borders, all in dark blue. Spine lettered and ruled in gilt. A near fine copy of the book in a very good original dustwrapper with price of 7/6s on the spine. Some chipping to the top of the spine and a couple of small chips to the top edge of the rear panel. Overall a better than very good copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket. PEN/ Faulkner Award winner.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Most uncommon signed. Winner of The National Book Award.

New York: Scribner, 2003. Signed by the author and dated 4/18/03. First edition / First Printing. Black paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2004 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Basis for the 2005 Sam Mendes film starring Jake Gyllenhall, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, and Jamie Foxx.

Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.: Choice Publishing, 1999. Inscribed by author: "To Shannon, I hope this gives you a fresh idea about disease. Warmly, Nancy".Very Good +.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket. PEN/ Faulkner Award winner.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Most uncommon signed. Winner of The National Book Award.

New York: Scribner, 2003. Signed by the author and dated 4/18/03. First edition / First Printing. Black paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2004 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Basis for the 2005 Sam Mendes film starring Jake Gyllenhall, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, and Jamie Foxx.

London: Faber and Faber, 1962. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Orange cloth, yellow lettering to spine. Slight lean to spine, gentle pushing and rubbing to spine ends. Edges toned, literary agent's label pasted diagonally to ffep: "Offered by/ Elaine Greene Ltd./ 2 Caxton Street, London, S.W.1.," else, clean and tight. In Phillippe Jullian's fabulously fitting dust jacket: toned, extremities nicked, spine sunned and a little rubbed. Still, Jullian's cover art remains vibrant. A pleasing copy of an attractive edition and an apt queer pairing of author and illustrator. VG/VG The first novel in Stacton's triptych on the theme of 'The Sexes'. A year after its publication, the San Francisco-born author (1923-1968) was named one of Time's 10 best US novelists of the past decade. His British editions tended to precede the American first editions, as here. He also wrote pulp fiction under the pseudonyms Bud Clifton and Carse Boyd. The French illustrator, biographer, aesthete and dandy, Philippe Jullian… Read More