Killer in the Rain
Boston: The Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [3], 2-394, [6] pp. Blue cloth with white lettering on the front board and spine, a white umbrella on the spine. Price of $5.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Rob Howard. With an introduction by Philip Durham. This copy was owned by the legendary publisher and bookman Alfred A. Knopf: it has his bookplate on the front pastedown with the name of his country estate in New York. Ahearn APG 022d. Bruccoli A 14.2. The only printing of the American edition according to Bruccoli. A collection of eight short stories published posthumously. This was the first published work after Chandler's death in 1959. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000017287
A small bump to the headband; jacket with a tiny closed tear to its rear panel and a touch of rubbing.
Price: $350.00