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| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | Mylar - Archival quality |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Hamish Hamilton |
| Publication Year: | 1958 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 002642 |
| Catalogue(s): | Modern Fiction Firsts ◇ Fiction - Crime, Mysteries and Thrillers |
1st edition, 1st impression (true first). UK edition precedes the US publication. 206pp. Red cloth covered boards (rounded at corners and spine ends, a little grubby around base of spine). Internally a little toned, previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. In its original dust jacket (rubbed, chipped and lightly chapped at edges, minor loss at spine base, shelf worn). DJ now protected in mylar wrapper to protect and prolong its life. Final instalment in the Philip Marlowe canon, in which Marlowe is hired to tail a redhead arriving on a train. Without really knowing why or who he is working for, Marlow follows the woman to San Diego.
Modern Fiction Firsts, detective fiction
