Published by Ecco Press, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0880012706 ISBN 13: 9780880012706
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. New York: Ecco Press, 1991. 6" wide by 9" tall. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Well illustrated with old photos, manuscript facsimiles, and drawings by Edward Gorey. This appears to be the first softcover printing. [The hardcover first was published in 1976, also by Ecco. See Bruccoli A17]. . First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ condition./No Dust Jacket, as issued. Illus. by Gorey, Edward . 113pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Second printing. Hardcover. A tiny spot on the fore-edge, bottom corner bumped (and professionally corrected), otherwise very good in very good dustjacket just slightly faded at the spine (sterling price intact). A large selection (500pp) of Chandler's letters, edited by his biographer, Frank McShane. With a frontispiece portrait.
Published by Jonathan Cape, 1981
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Some foxing to edges of text block otherwise Very Good in Very Good dustjacket with some slight creasing - no marks or inscriptions.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 2000
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
2nd impression. Expands on the early 1981 selection by MacShane Slight marking / foxing to edges of text block otherwise Fine in Fine unclipped jacket.