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Raymond Chandler. Killer in the Rain. Hamish Hamilton, 1964.
Price: US$5.39 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1964. Second Impression. 332 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription and sticker to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Some creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Textblock is shaky. Book has a noticeable forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Chandler, Raymond. Killer In The Rain. Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$37.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition hardback in original dustjacket which is not price-clipped showing 21s net , Book has no inscriptions , no spine lean , usual page toning with age , minor pushing to spine tips and corners , very minor foxing top edge, in jacket that the spine is not faded , toned with age , no wear to edges, slight foxing on verso spine , All orders are sent in quality inert removable dust jacket plastic, bubble-wrapped and in a strong box. We are a full time Independent bookseller established in 1999.
Seller: Alan White Fine Books, BRIGHTON, United Kingdom
Chandler, Raymond. Killer in the rain. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$38.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 332 pag Size: 2e3
Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands
Chandler, Raymond. Killer in the rain. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$44.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 332 pag
Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands
Chandler, Raymond. Killer in the Rain. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition. Originally published by Houghton Mifflin Co in the US in 1964. Some fading to the spine at the top and bottom where there is damage to the jacket. There is also a small amount of fading along the top edge of the boards. Slight browning to page edges but otherwise the book is unmarked. The jacket has some edge chipping with the worst patch of damage at the base of the spine where there is a small triangular patch of loss. Closed tears at the top and the base of the spine have been repaired by sticking two labels to the reverse. Chipping along base of spine and light wear to the corners. Jacket design by John Andrew. First printing.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Chandler, Raymond. Killer in the Rain. Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$51.41 + shipping
Description: 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 332pp. With chipped dust jacket. VG: in very good condition. Fore-edge foxed
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Raymond Chandler. Killer in the Rain ~ First UK edition. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$73.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition of this first edition. Neat ownership stamp to title page and last page of text. Dustwrapper is price clipped and shows very little wear for its age. Outer boards are very clean. Minor bump to top corner. Minor foxing to closed edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crime Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 000501.
Seller: Turn The Page Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Raymond Chandler. Killer in the Rain. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine second impression. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, with a very slight lean to spine. Minor bumping to spine ends. Very good jacket. Not price-clipped. Wear to spine ends, fold ends. One inch closed tear to top left corner of front cover; one inch closed tear to top middle of front cover. Some discoloration to top left of back cover. One inch tear to bottom of back cover. Some rubbing. Overall a nice second impression.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Chandler, Raymond.. Killer in the Rain.. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$83.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xi, 332pp. Or red cloth, titled in gilt to spine, in jacket. Jacket price clipped with some foxing, spine very slightly sunned. Some minor foxing to endpapers, page edges and margins of a few pages. Jacket particularly crisp. Eight early stories by Raymond Chandler which he refered to as his 'cannibalised stories'- meaning that in later life he sometimes used episodes and characters from them in the full length novels that made him famous. Most of the stories first appeared in Black Mask magazine, but this was their first UK appearance. Introduction by Professor Philip Durham of UCLA, holders of a major Chandler collection. Size: 8vo
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Chandler, Raymond. Killer in the Rain. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$85.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red boards with gilt design and lettering to spine. Light scratch to rear board. Moderate foxing to fore-edge. Jacket has some foxing to rear panel, light edgewear. Inside of jacket shows some foxing as well. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond. KILLER IN THE RAIN.. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SECOND IMPRESSION, May 1964. The English edition precedes the American. Minor bit of spine lean, VG+ in dj that retains original 21S net price to front flap. Note dj flap makes mention of 2nd impression so no mixed marriage possible. DJ has light edgewear and darkening to rear panel with couple of small closed tears.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
RAYMOND CHANDLER. KILLER IN THE RAIN. HAMISH HAMILTON, LONDON, 1964.
Price: US$186.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST PRINTING. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, ORIGINAL DUST JACKET PRICED AT 21s., HALF TITLE PRESENT, DUST JACKET DESIGNED BY JOHN ANDREW. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 11 + 332 PAGES. MINOR EDGE WEAR TO JACKET WITH A FEW MINOR MARKS TO REAR OF JACKET, SOME LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS & PAGE FORE-EDGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKET HAS SOME REFLECTIONS PRESENT IN IMAGES FROM THE CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Chandler, Raymond; Philip Durham [Introduction]. Killer in the Rain. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. xii, 332 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with spine lean, foxing to top and fore edges, slight waviness to pages, in a Very Good+ dust jacket, toned with age and lightly worn, unclipped (21s net). A posthumously-published collection of stories for Chandler's compatriots in the UK, many originally published in Black Mask.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond.. Killer in the Rain.. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$220.81 + shipping
Description: With an introduction by Philip Durham. Light discolouring to page edges. Light sunning and rubbing to cloth edges. Spine warped. Sunned dj, light chipping to dj corners. Small tear to dj edge on top spine corner on front approx. 5mm, front bottom spine corners approx. 1 cm and bottom front corner approx. 1cm. Light stain to rear of dj.
Seller: Primrose Hill Books BA, London, United Kingdom
CHANDLER, Raymond.. Killer in the Rain.. Hamish Hamilton, London., 1964.
Price: US$225.45 + shipping
Description: First edition. Precedes the U.S. edition. Octavo. pp xii, 332. Eight stories, none of which had been published in the U.K. before.Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper slightly rubbed at top edge.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
RAYMOND CHANDLER. KILLER IN THE RAIN. HAMISH HAMILTON, 1964.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION preceding the American, of Chandler s cannibalized work of short stories that was previously unpublished in England. Bruccoli A14.1. A fine first edition in dust jacket.
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
CHANDLER Raymond. Killer in the Rain. , 1964.
Price: US$243.48 + shipping
Description: With an Introduction by Philip Durham. First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Hamish Hamilton. A collection bringing together eight short stories. 'During his lifetime Raymond Chandler published twenty-three short stories. Yet of this relatively small output only fifteen are generally known to the reading public. For a quarter of a century the remaining eight have lain buried in the crumbling pages of old pulp magazines. And these eight stories are among his finest' (from Durham's introduction). Just a hint of faint spotting to edges of text block, otherwise internally clean, light wear to extremities of jacket, chipping to tips of spine panel with minor loss, otherwise a very good copy.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
CHANDLER, RAYMOND.. Killer In The Rain. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Fine in a very nearly fine dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Raymond Chandler. Killer In The Rain. Hamish Hamilton, 1964.
Price: US$251.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. True first edition.
Seller: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, United Kingdom
Raymond Chandler. Killer in the Rain (First Printing). Hamish Hamilton, 1964.
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression (true first, preceding the US edition). Near Fine: firm and square binding in sharp red boards; bright gilt lettering; faint, sporadic spotting to the edge of the page block, else bright, crisp and clean. The unclipped dustwrapper is Fine: delightfully crisp and vibrant, with vivid unfaded colours; a hint of toning to the spine and head of the flaps; a very minor rub to one corner; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. A lovely copy. All orders are sent carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
Chandler, Raymond. Killer in the Rain. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo., 332pp. Gorgeous First UK Edition preceding the US edition published by Houghton. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Some spotting on the outer page edges and ffep. Equally attractive and well-preserved un-clipped jacket, (21s. net), has a touch of wear at the crown and a bit of toning to a couple of edges. Still fresh and with no creases, chipping or tears. The first book after Chandler's death in 1959, an anthology of stories never published previously in the UK. A beautiful, collectable copy.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Chandler (Raymond). Introduction by Philip Durham. Killer in the Rain. Hamish Hamilton,, 1964.
Price: US$351.70 + shipping
Description: Light foxing to fore-edge. otherwise a very nice copy in bright dust-wrapper which has just touch of wear to the head of the spine panel and a little soiling to the lower panel Precedes the American edition.
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
CHANDLER, RAYMOND.. KILLER IN THE RAIN.. Hamish Hamilton, [1964]., London, 1964.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. The U. K. edition precedes the U. S. edition. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket lightly soiled on the rear panel and with a tiny closed tear along the top edge of the rear cover. Contains 8 stories. In his early works, Killer in the Rain and The Curtain, Chandler laid the groundwork for his signature character, Philip Marlowe. The hero of such novels as The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely takes center stage in the gripping stories in this series.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Killer in the Rain by Raymond Chandler (True First Edition) A firm square copy with minor rubbing to the upper spine edge and slight sun fade along upper edge. A sharp bright dust jacket with a touch of sunning to the flaps. Not price-clipped. Clear protective cover. True First Edition. Precedes the U.S. First Edition First published in Great Britain in 1964, stated.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond.. Killer in the Rain.. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 332 pp. 8vo, publisher's red boards in dust jacket. First edition. Slightly cocked; tiny ink name at upper left corner of pastedown; else a fresh copy in a very nice jacket with a few light splashes to the inside of the front panel (not visible on the outside), and the slightest of soiling to the back panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. xi, 332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 'about as unobtrusive as a tarantula on a slice of angel-food'. The first posthumous collection of Chandler's early stories, with Durham's pioneering appreciation of Chandler's art and technique. 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)
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Killer in the Rain. London Hamish Hamilton 1964, 1964.
Price: US$547.51 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Hamish Hamilton in London, 1964. This is a very good copy. First issue, not showing 'second issue' on the dust wrapper. The wrapper is creased and has edgewear as well as browning to the end flaps. It has not been price clipped and shows the original 21s. net price. The red clothbound boards are free from chips and marks. Internally, there is an ownership inscription and two vertical toned strips to pastedowns. Overall, this is a very good copy. A collection of short stories, including the eponymous title story. The collection features eight short stories originally published in pulp magazines between 1935 and 1941.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Killer in the Rain", by Raymond Chandler. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964, uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. Publishers printed yellow wrappers with publishers label affixed to upper cover (some uneven toning to wraps, ownership signature to upper cover and halftitle); custom clamshell box with a roan spine label lettered in gilt. [Together with:] Killer in the Rain. London: Hamish Hamilton, [1964]. 8vo. Publishers red cloth, original dust jacket. Second impression. Killer in the Rain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. 8vo. Publishers blue linen, original dust jacket. First American edition, first printing. Together, 3 volumes including the scarce uncorrected proof of Chandlers hardboiled detective fiction title that features a collection of short stories originally published in pulp magazines between 1935 and 1941. Uncorrected proof copies of Chandler's works are increasingly rare.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Chandler, Raymond. KILLER IN THE RAIN. Hamish Hamilton, 1964.
Price: US$1363.75 + shipping
Description: KILLER IN THE RAIN, Hamish Hamilton, 1964, first edition, spine a little lightened and exhibiting some wrinkling, else very good plus in near fine wraps. Uncorrected Proof. Scarce.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.