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Chandler, Raymond
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
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The Simple Art of Murder. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1950
8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in; 205 x 135 mm). Publisher's gray cloth stamped in yellow and mustard in pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Artzybasheff; bottom inch of jacket spine lacking, rubbed at jacket head and along folds.
8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in; 205 x 135 mm). Publisher's gray cloth stamped in yellow and mustard in pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Artzybasheff; bottom inch of jacket spine lacking, rubbed at jacket head and along folds.
Literature
Bruccoli A9.1.a
Condition
bottom inch of jacket spine lacking, rubbed at jacket head and along folds.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, inscribed to Chandler's Playback secretary Jean Vounder-Davis, "For / Jean / with my love / Ray/ La Jolla / 25/2/57"
Collecting Chandler's periodical pulp work, it also includes the title essay, his well-known defense and study of detective fiction, which includes a great appreciation of the earlier master, Dashiell Hammett.
Chandler has marginally highighted in pencil his own comments on Hammett, "He had style, but his audience didn't know it, because it was in a language not supposed to be capable of such refinements."