First edition in book form. Original black cloth with red titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. Top edge red. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine tips and board corners rubbed. The contents are toned as usual and there is a previous owner's stamp and inscription to the front free endpaper, the contents are otherwise clean. Complete with the very good dustwrapper that is lightly nicked and creased at the extremities and is a little faded at the spine.
A collection of short stories first published in pulp magazines throughout the 1930s, comprising 'Red Wind', 'Blackmailers Don't Shoot', 'I'll Be Waiting', 'Goldfish' and 'Guns at Cyrano's'. 'Blackmailers' Don't Shoot' was Chandler's first published story.
Stock code: 30682
£60