Publication: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950, Boston
First U. S. edition. Fine, bright, square copy, in a bright, fresh, colorful dust jacket as designed by Artzbasheff with the spine colors notably bright and unfaded. The topstain is bright and even. Dust jacket has pinpoint wear to corners and base of spine, with two tiny closed tears tape mended on the verso. An exceptional copy of this collection, gathering 12 of Chandler's short stories which first appeared in the pages of pulp magazines like Black Mask, Dime Detective, and Detective Fiction Weekly, as well as more mainstream publications like The Saturday Evening Post and The Saturday Review of Literature. Includes Chandler's much-quoted essay "The Simple Art of Murder," originally published in the Atlantic Monthly (1944). A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, and one of the great dust jackets designed by Boris Artzybasheff. An exceptional copy.
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