Chandler, Raymond

Spanish Blood A Collection of Short Stories. Cleveland & New York: World Publishing Co., [1946]



8vo (8 x 5 1/4 in.; 204 x 134 mm). Half-title; somewhat browned, a few pencil notes on acknowledgments page. Publisher's black cloth with red stamped title and ribbon on upper cover and spine; thin fragment of dust jacket adhered to top outer edge of upper cover, some faint pale spots. Publisher's pictorial dustjacket; head of spine chipped, thin tear at top outer corner of upper cover and three small edge tears in back cover, spotting at edges of flaps.

Raymond Chandler (stamped exlibris with his Los Angeles address)

Bruccoli AA3

somewhat browned, a few pencil notes on acknowledgments page. Publisher's black cloth with red stamped title and ribbon on upper cover and spine; thin fragment of dust jacket adhered to top outer edge of upper cover, some faint pale spots. Publisher's pictorial dustjacket; head of spine chipped, thin tear at top outer corner of upper cover and three small edge tears in back cover.
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First edition of this collection of stories, which originally appeared in magazines, consisting of: "Spanish Blood," "The King in Yellow," "Pearls are a Nuisance," "Nevada Gas," and "Trouble is My Business."