SPANISH BLOOD: A Collection of Short Stories by Chandler, Raymond - (1946)

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company (Tower Books Edition), 1946. First Edition, First Printing (stated). . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing stated. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/red medallion, edges stained red. Very Good/No DJ. Boards scuffed, small dent vertical edge front board, pages tanned but supple and unmarked. 221pp.

The World Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

The World Publishing Company, 1946. hardcover. Acceptable. 8x5x0. Stain on leading edge of the pages. Pages yellowed from age. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in black cloth over boards, with red lettering to spine. Previous owner's address labels to front and rear endpapers. Moderately but evenly toned text-block. Illustrated paper wraps present, but in tatters, and front flap is present but detached. Chipping, soiling, but not price-clipped. 221 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Tower, 1946. First Thus Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. First anthology of these stories. Binding is cloth.

World, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Ed Thus. First ed. thus. Very good/Very good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, pages toned, wear to top and bottom edges of dustjacket spine..

New York: World Publishing Co., 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth, red title labels and accents. Minor rubbing to spine extremities, typically tanned text block. Endpapers partially tanned, two former owner's signature stamp on upper front flyleaf. Color illus. dust jacket a bit sunned along spine panel, with 1/4" closed tear along top front edge, minor shelf wear, now in mylar. 1st thus: July 1946. 221 pp..

Tower, 1946. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. Stated first printing. Tanning to pages. In this collection, first released together by this publisher, are "Spanish Blood", "The King in Yellow", "Pearls are a Nuisance", "Nevada Gas", and "Trouble is my Business

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1946]. First edition. Pulpy text paper tanned as usual, nick to cloth at upper rear cover, a very good copy a good dust jacket with wear along upper edge with closed tear and crease chip along lower front edge, shelf wear to spine ends. (30419). Octavo, boards. First publication of these five stories in a hardcover book. The stories appeared earlier (with five others) in FIVE MURDERERS (1944) and FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS (1945), two paperbound books published by Avon. Bruccoli AA3.

TOWER. CLEVELAND 1946, January 1946. First Printing. Hardcover. Collectible-very good/Good. First printing. Dust jacket has shelf wear but was then encased in mylar covering to protect from further damage. Name of previous owner inside cover. Pages yellowing slightly with age. Spine, boards, and pages all in good condition.