Hardboiled Mystery Writers, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald, A Literary Reference

BRUCCOLI, MATTHEW J. AND RICHARD LAYMAN [EDITED BY]

Publication: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002, New York

First Carroll & Graf edition. 8vo. Originally published by The Gale Group in 1989. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, xi [blank], 3 - 326 pp., preface, acknowledgments, double column, illustrated, portraits, index.

An abundantly illustrated volume documenting the personal events and turbulent times behind the achievements of three great masters in hard-boiled crime fiction, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Ross Macdonald. Minor wear to the corners else a fine copy.