‘about as unobtrusive as a tarantula on a slice of angel-food’

Killer in the Rain. With an introduction by Philip Durham.

London: Hamish Hamilton, [1964].

Price: $500.00


About the item

First edition. xi, 332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. ‘about as unobtrusive as a tarantula on a slice of angel-food’. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Near fine copy (some foxing to edges) in a very good plus dust jacket (a few faint spots of foxing, scuff with 3/16-inch loss at top of front fold).

Item #305743

The first posthumous collection of Chandler's early stories, with Durham's pioneering appreciation of Chandler's art and technique.