Smart-Aleck Kill
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1958 1st edition. No U.S. edition published. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket. Fading to the jacket spine and a bit of minor chipping along the crown and foot of the spine. A touch of soiling as well along the back panel. Still, quite a presentable, well-preserved copy. 12mo., 192 pgs.
Synopsis
Smart-Aleck Kill is a collection of Raymond Chandler's short detective stories, which includes Finger Man; Smart-Aleck Kill; Pick-up on Noon Street; The King is Yellow; Pearls are a Nuisance; Nevada Gas; and Spanish Blood.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1044
- Title
- Smart-Aleck Kill
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- RARE MYSTERIES, DETECTIVE FICTION, HARDBOILED, RAYMOND CHANDLER
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...