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[ Edition: RePrint ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pub Date: 1/1/1980 Binding: Paperback Pages: 190

Penguin Books, 1973. Trade paperback in very good condition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

New York: Penguin Publishing Group, 1973. First PB Edition. 4th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First UK PB Edition, 4th printing, orig. pub. 1954. Mass Market PB in illustrated wraps, page edges yellow. Very Good. Mild slant/creased, front cover creased and edgeworn, else About Fine and unmarked. 4 stories inc. title and "Simple Art of Murder". 199pp.

NY: Penguin Books, 1964. 199pp. plus 6 pages of ads for other Raymond Chandler titles. Very slight wear. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market. First Printing. C2136.. Paperback. Fine-.

Later printing of the UK paperback edition in decorated wraps. The book is about fine. Introduction: Pearls Are a Nuisance: Finger Man: The King in Yellow: The Simple Art of Murder.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (18.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [6],7-190,[2]pp. Modest wear and handling, some creasing to wrappers, with a few touch-ups in black on front wrapper extremities; contents clean; Very Good. Contains an introduction by Chandler, along with three short stories and an essay: "Pearls Are A Nuisance," "Finger Man," "The King In Yellow," and "The Simple Art of Murder." BRUCCOLI AA8.1.

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1962. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/Good. Withdrawn library copy with stamps, pocket and no pocket. Tape reinforced inside covers. Text very good. Dust jacket in brodart with labels.

New York:: Avon Book Company, 1945. 5" wide by 7.5" tall. Tight copy. No store stamp or owner's name. Brown speckles (foxing) to inner covers. Light cover creases. No chips. No tears. Lightly rubbed spine is square/flat, with no creases. Pages are a bit age toned, as usual. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #28. Cover price: 25 cents. This is the FIRST BOOK APPEARANCE and the FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of 5 detective tales that, in 1938 and 1939, appeared in 5 separate issues of DIME DETECTIVE or THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. Includes: TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS; PEARLS ARE A NUISANCE; I'LL BE WAITING; THE KING IN YELLOW; and RED WIND. The striking, bright, full-color cover painting (artist not credited) features the head of a beautiful woman, surrounded by 4 smaller heads. [This FIRST EDITION should NOT be confused with New Avon Library #88, a reprint with the same title issued the following year]. Bruccoli A6.1. . First Printing of the First Collected ed. Soft Cover. Very Good… Read More