Author: Raymond Chandler
Title: The Simple Art of Murder
Description: London, Hamish Hamilton, 1950. First edition. Leather. A finely bound, first edition copy of this important Raymond Chandler anthology. "The Simple Art of Murder" is a loosely connected series of publications by this hard-boiled detective fiction author. It contains his best known critical essay "The Art of the Mystery Story" and his shorter essay regarding personal experiences writing for pulp magazines which was originally published in the "Saturday Review of Literature". Finally, the third part comprises a short-story collection containing eight of Chandler"s early stories which pre-dated his critically successful first novel "The Big Sleep".Including stories such as 'Finger Man', 'The King in Yellow', 'Spanish Blood' and more.     Rebound in a black morocco binding. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with just a few instances of foxing Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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