Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler [Uncorrected Proof copy]

  • New York: Columbia University Press, 1981
By CHANDLER, Raymond (letters); Frank MacShane (editor)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. Uncorrected Proof copy, with publisher's promotional T.L.s. laid in, softcover. Octavo (22.5cm); blue paper wrappers; 483pp. Sunning to spine and cover edges, with light shelf-wear; Very Good.

"These letters to correspondents all over the world--publishers, editors, other writers, fans of his work--are alive with Chandler's characteristic wit, skill and range of thought. They are filled with his observations on literature in general, the art of writing detective fiction, on world events, and on the mores of Southern California where he lived" (from publisher's letter, laid in). [84473].

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