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Chandler, Raymond : The High Window

The World Publishing Company, 1945

1st edition, stated 1st printing. Condition: near fine. slight tanning of pages from age. chipping on edges of dust jacket., Near Fine

1st Edition

CHANDLER**, RAYMOND: : THE HIGH WINDOW

LONDON.THE FOLIO SOCIETY,1989.

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UK,Demy 8vo HB,1st thus.[This the first issue of this set - a 2nd imp was also issued in the same year. A single volume of 5 (of originally a 7-volume slipcased set - THE LADY IN THE LAKE,and last volume PLAYBACK sold,and the the slipcase missing) offered singly or as a 5-vol set,as is in one purchase @ £70 insured,post paid.] FINE.Bright,crisp and clean; with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to lower edge of front board and to spine/ backstrip,publisher's original,sharp-cornered, full grey cloth boards with a dark grey wrap-around silhouette of Philip Marlowe,by David Eccles,visible on both the boards and spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners given the absence of issued slipcase,a red+grey striped headband,and immaculate plain dark red endpapers. [This was the FIRST time the Society used the device of having a silhouette on the binding, which moves progressively backwards on each volume,so that the same silhouette is visible across the spines of the (issued 7) volumes when correctly placed in the slipcase.] Top edges with very faint,minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting and otherwise generally bright,fore-edges brighter,cleaner and without any foxing/spotting or blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,Demy 8vo HB (222 x 141 x 18-32mm - varying thickness for each individual volume.),1st thus,1-199pp [paginated] includes 36 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with a b/w frontispiece drawing by Sue Bradbury,to it's reverse,a title page and 5pp blanks at the rear.Filmset in Linotron Dante (12-pt) with Univers and an adapted version of Kombie for display,type.Typeset by Profile Information,printed and bound in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd.,Frome,Somerset using West One Antique Wove Paper.Author's 3rd Philip Marlowe detective novel. Chandler's hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe in a shocking,thrilling murder mystery.It started with some business about a rare coin - find an 18th Century coin called the 'Brasher Doubloon'. Everybody knew who had stolen it,but nobody was anxious to do anything about it.Marlowe couldn't understand why the old lady,Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock - an old Pasadena lush,had hired him; she didn't seem to like detectives and she didn't want to tell him much.So he started to think about her,and then about the pale,fragile, frightened little girl who was her secretary,and then about her son - which led him the the gambler,and then to the gamblers luscious and lustful wife,and then to the elegant blackmailer.And so this case became a study of character,for even when murder was done,even after the second murder,character was the root of eveything.Because he understood that,Marlowe went step by step to a solution of the case. Of the issued volumes,four of his major works: 'The Big Sleep (1939),'Farewell,My Lovely' (1940),'The Lady in the Lake' (1943),and 'The Long Goodbye' (1954),all of which were made into very popular films.The novel is the basis of two '40s films: filmed twice,first as 'Time to Kill' in 1943,and then in 1947,as 'The Brasher Doubloon' with George Montgomery as Marlowe. The Folio Society’s formula for success is publishing books with exceptional typography, illustrations,paper and bindings.The Society sources new introductions from literary experts to accompany classic texts and uses skilled designers and master printers to produce memorable fine books.Fiction and non-fiction titles are published.The Folio Society also prides itself on producing series of an author's works which regular publishers might not think economic - in several cases it is only possible to acquire forgotten books by major writers in Folio Society editions. Please contact seller for individual or multiples of books (other than 5-volume option) for their correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers,BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,Demy 8vo HB,1st thus.
Not SIGNED.

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