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Vintage 1968 The Simple Art Of Murder Raymond Chandler/Nelson Norton Blue HC

by Raymond Chandler, James Nelson

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Vintage 1968 The Simple Art Of Murder Raymond Chandler/Nelson Norton Blue HC Brand/Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company hardcover edition of The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler, with an editor's introduction by James Nelson. Title and author: Classic crime and detective fiction collection The Simple Art of Murder, bringing together short stories and essays by Raymond Chandler, one of the defining voices of hard-boiled American noir. Format and design: Vintage English-language blue cloth hardcover volume with black spine titling and the Norton device on the title page. Interior pages are set in a readable serif type and printed in black ink on off-white stock in a substantial octavo-format volume. Structure and contents: Following James Nelson's editor's introduction and Raymond Chandler's own introduction, the book gathers a sequence of stories and pieces including "Finger Man," "Smart-Aleck Kill," "Guns at Cyrano's," "Pick-Up on Noon Street," "Goldfish," "The King in Yellow," "Pearls Are a Nuisance," "I'll Be Waiting," "Red Wind," "Nevada Gas," "Spanish Blood," "Trouble Is My Business," and the title essay "The Simple Art of Murder." Publication details: Copyright 1968 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., with earlier story copyrights from 1934 through 1960 by Raymond Chandler and 1939 by The Curtis Publishing Company. The copyright page notes simultaneous publication in Canada by George J. McLeod Limited, Toronto, and states "Printed in the United States of America" above

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Year: 1968
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Condition: Good

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