RAYMOND CHANDLER - La Petite Soeur - 1er/1er & Dustjacket - liquidation 1949

THE LITTLE SISTER

by

Raymond Chandler

Publishedby HAMISH HAMILTON

Stated on the CopyrightPage:

First Published in GreatBritain, 1949 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

The First U.K.Edition, precedes the US edition by three months making this a

TRUE FIRST EDITION, FIRSTPRINTING'

Stated on the inner prelim:

With his first novel inover four years, Raymond Chandler shows that both he and Philip Marlowe, hisfamous private investigator, are still on top of their form. Once again Mr.Chandler displays that amazing combination of fast-moving narrative with theintricacy of a jig-saw puzzle, of sharp observation with the bluntest ofinstruments…

'THE LITTLE SISTER'– From the moment when ‘TheLittle Sister' appears in his office – pathetic, appealing but with somethingstrangely phoney about her - Philip Marlowe is the centre of a succession ofcuriously and increasingly violent happenings. Into his telephone breathe thehusky, sultry voices of movie-stars, the slurred accents of gangsters, the primtones of small-town girls, the clipped phrases of the police. Every messageleads to a rendezvous, every rendezvous to an incident, every incident fitsinto another, and the story goes on…..

Condition of Book:

The facsimile dustjacketwas reproduced from a First Edition - First Impression/Printing.

It is printed on acid freepaper and enclosed in a durable plastic archival sleeve for longevity andfutureprotection.

I do not add my name to the dustjacket. The dustjacket is as true arepresentation as is possible.

Red cloth with gilt/goldwriting to the spine. Light fading to the lettering, and in a good cleancondition.

The pages are in a verygood clean condition. The book has 256 pages.

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