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Chandler Raymond. Spanish Blood. World, 1946.

Price: US$9.62 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: ngt nött omslag, first printing

Seller: antikvariat sacher, Malmö, SKÅNE, Sweden

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood: A collection of Short Stories. The World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$11.77 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Stain on leading edge of the pages. Pages yellowed from age. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

Seller: BookResQ., West Valley City, UT, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. World Publishing Co, 1946.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: ISBN . Hardback. Reprint edition. No dustjacket; bound in black boards with black lettering on red fields. Slight spine cock; minor wear to corners and edges; heavy browning throughout; previous owners' gift inscription on front endpaper; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Fair condition.

Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood: A collection of Short Stories. The World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in black cloth over boards, with red lettering to spine. Previous owner's address labels to front and rear endpapers. Moderately but evenly toned text-block. Illustrated paper wraps present, but in tatters, and front flap is present but detached. Chipping, soiling, but not price-clipped. 221 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover, pages tanned, spine ends rubbed, otherwise VG in VG dustjacket with creasing at top of spine.

Seller: John Stoodley, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, New York, 1946.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover, pages and edges browned, covers rubbed, rear cover marked, otherwise Good in Fair dustjacket with a tape repair at top of spine, and at top corners of both flaps, edge loss.

Seller: John Stoodley, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

Chandler,Raymond. Spanish Blood. World, Cleveland,Ohio, 1946.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Description: first printing, jacket has chips at the head and heel of the spine and several closed tears

Seller: Always Superior Books, marietta, GA, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. World, 1946.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Printing

Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories. The World Publishing Company (Tower Books Edition), Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$16.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, First Printing stated. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/red medallion, edges stained red. Very Good/No DJ. Boards scuffed, small dent vertical edge front board, pages tanned but supple and unmarked. 221pp.

Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.

RAYMOND CHANDLER. SPANISH BLOOD. THE WORLD, LONDON, 1946.

Price: US$16.89 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: THE DUST JACKET IS RUBBED. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE SLIGHTLY SCUFFED. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND BOTH ENDS ARE SCUFFED. THE PAGES ARE HEAVILY YELLOWED. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD. World, 1946.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First ed. thus. Very good/Very good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, pages toned, wear to top and bottom edges of dustjacket spine.

Seller: Rob & June Edwards, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD. World Publishing Co., Cleveland: Ohio, 1946.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1st ed., first printing, July 1946. Pages browning as usual, corners bumped . 5 stories: The King in Yellow; Pearls Are a Nuisance; Nevada Gas; Trouble Is My Business; and Spanish Blood. The first printing of this collection of stories, published by a company that usually produced only reprints.

Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories. World Publishing Co., New York, 1946.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Black cloth, red title labels and accents. Minor rubbing to spine extremities, typically tanned text block. Endpapers partially tanned, two former owner's signature stamp on upper front flyleaf. Color illus. dust jacket a bit sunned along spine panel, with 1/4" closed tear along top front edge, minor shelf wear, now in mylar. 1st thus: July 1946. 221 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood: A collection of Short Stories. The World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$20.75 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The World Publishing Company January 1946 Binding: Hardcover large tears on dust jacket. age toned text.

Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

Chandler,Raymond. Spanish Blood. World Publications, New York, 1946.

Price: US$22.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: pages browning first printing one corner lightly bumped

Seller: Always Superior Books, marietta, GA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, NY, 1946.

Price: US$24.00 + shipping

Description:

Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. The World Publishing Company [1946], Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First publication of these five stories in a hardcover book. The stories appeared earlier (with five others) in FIVE MURDERERS (1944) and FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS (1945), two paperbound books published by Avon. Bruccoli AA3. Pulpy text paper tanned as usual, nick to cloth at upper rear cover, a very good copy a good dust jacket with wear along upper edge with closed tear and crease chip along lower front edge, shelf wear to spine ends. (30419)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD. World Publishing Co., Cleveland, OH, 1946.

Price: US$27.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A collection of short stories by the celebrated master of the hard-boiled detective story; First Printing of the First Edition Thus; World War II text deeply yellowed; boards show minor wear and bumping, o/w a nice, tight copy; no dustjacket. Scarce.

Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). Spanish blood : a collection of short stories / by Raymond Chandler. Cleveland ; New York : World Publishing Co, 1946.

Price: US$27.79 + shipping

Description: Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 221, [1] pages. Notes; "Tower books edition. First printing July 1946." Contents; Spanish blood. -- The king in yellow. -- Pearls are a nuisance. -- Nevada gas. -- Trouble is my business. Subjects; Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character). Detective and mystery stories. Private investigators ; Fiction. Murder ; Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Murder. Private investigators. Detective and mystery stories, American. Crime Fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Chandler Raymond. Spanish blood. World, 1946.

Price: US$28.87 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: with dw

Seller: antikvariat sacher, Malmö, SKÅNE, Sweden

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories. World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: Very good with bumped edges and sticker residue on cover. Library stamp on rear free endsheet. Yellow pages. Very good with chipped edges. Price clipped. In dust jacket protector

Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 221 pg. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Price-clipped. Book is straight with strong binding and clean text. Pages have yellowed. Orange top-stain. Tower Books Edition. First Print July 1946.

Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.

CHANDLER, Raymond. Spanish Blood. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Pages toned as usual else near fine in very good dust jacket with several small chips and rubbed tears, but largely presentable and intact. First printing of this collection of stories, published by a company that usually only produced reprints.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, 1946.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A 1st print (stated) of a mid 1940s collection of Chandler's short stories - Tower Mystery T-391. Black boards with red lettering. Light edge wear to the DJ, mostly at the head an tail of the spine. Light browning to the pages typical with these editions. A very good copy.

Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

CHANDLER, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$32.50 + shipping

Description: Owners stamp on fep and slight remnants of tape-marks on both end papers,one internal page has c 3cm triangular chip, d/j (protected) has a closed c 5 cm tear and is otherwise a little marked and worn; overall a presentable copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York., 1946.

Price: US$32.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Age toned pages but clean with no inscriptions or other defects. Back boards have slight discoloration to top edge. Jacket - unclipped dust jacket has creasing to top of front panel, slight loss to head and tail of spine.

Seller: Moriarty's, Grimsby, LINCO, United Kingdom

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. World Publishing Company, USA, 1946.

Price: US$32.50 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition 1946. A gathering of short stories by Tower Publication. Stories previously printed in magazines. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Contents quite good. Pages age toned. The wrapper is very good+ with edges lightly rubbed, creased and nicked. Minuscule chip to bottom corner. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 3676 ###006018

Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG+. 1st Tower Books Edition. Very nice, clean, tight copy. "Tanned" pages.

Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD A Collection of Short Stories.. NY: World Publishing (1946), 1946.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Collects 5 stories originaly published in DIME DETECTIVE & BLACK MASK magazines. Pulp-like pages browned, small name stamp of former owner, VG in lightly aged jacket with some dust soil to rear panel. Not an uncommon book but cheaply made and rarely found in nicer condition.

Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.

CHANDLER Raymond. Spanish Blood. A Collection of Short Stories. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$39.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 221pp. Black cloth boards with reddish brown titles and decorations to front cover and spine in unclipped dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Wrapper lightly worn with nicks and nibbles to extremities. Textblock tanned but otherwise clean and tight. A pleasing copy.

Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). Spanish blood : a collection of short stories / by Raymond Chandler. Cleveland ; New York : World Publishing Co, 1946.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 221, [1] pages. Notes; "Tower books edition. First printing July 1946." Contents; Spanish blood. -- The king in yellow. -- Pearls are a nuisance. -- Nevada gas. -- Trouble is my business. Subjects; Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character). Detective and mystery stories. Private investigators ; Fiction. Murder ; Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Murder. Private investigators. Detective and mystery stories, American. Crime Fiction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Open tear at the top of dust jacket spine, chipping and small closed tears along dust jacket edges and at corners, pages are badly yellowed, foxing on inside front and back covers. ; The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover. Most books shipped within 24 hours. ; 8vo.; 221 pages

Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. World Publishing, Cleveland, Ohio, 1946.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A RaymondChandler classic. Brwoning tot hepages typical of these editions. a 1.25" close tear wiht associated wrinkling at the bottom right o the rear panel. Some other edge wear and small closed tears. A vry good copy.

Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond.. Spanish Blood. A Collection of Short Stories.. World Publishing Company / Tower Books, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. About Fine in black cloth (spine-ends pinched a little), in a Very Good black, white, yellow and red dustwrapper, price-clipped, with moderate edgwear and small loss to points, spine-ends, but unfaded. 221pp. Text stock toned as usual. Q09160

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Chandler , Raymond. Spanish Blood. World, 1946.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Stated first printing July, 1946. Very clean, tight copy with nicely age-toned pages. Trim and square throughout. No previous owner markings. Excellent jacket in new mylar.

Seller: Dan's Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. The World Publishing Co., Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First hardcover appearance of these stories. First book publications were Five Murderers (Avon, 1944) and Five Sinister Characters (Avon, 1945). Near fine, text block browned as usual, in a very good or better dust jacket, slight chipping to lower corners, tape stain from interior re-enforcement at lower corners, light shelf wear with some minor loss to head and heel of spine panel. (6606)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

CHANDLER, RAYMOND. SPANISH BLOOD. World Books, CLEVELAND, 1946.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A collection of short stories. The usual tanning of pages with Tower books. Even though Tower made mostly reprints, it had two first editions: Raymond Chandler's "Spanish Blood" and "Red Wind". Book is crisp and clean - a terrific copy covered in a flawless facsimile dust jacket.

Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. First publication of these five stories in a hardcover book. The stories appeared earlier (with five others) in FIVE MURDERERS (1944) and FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS (1945), two paperbound books published by Avon. Bruccoli AA3. Text block age-darkened as usual, a near fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with slight chipping to lower corners, internal tape stains at lower corners, and light shelf wear to head and tail of spine panel with some minor loss. (#84621)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

CHANDLER, Raymond. Spanish Blood. the World Publishing co, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$45.51 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Tower Mystery. Collection of short crime stories.

Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdom

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood, A Collection of Short Stories. World Publishing Co., Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$48.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing. Very good in fair jacket. Pages are browned, name and address and Aug 1, 1946 in ink on inside front paste down. Jacket is missing 1" at spine foot, another small chip at spine head and top corners, worn and torn around top edge.

Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, 1946.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Tower Books edition, First Printing, July 1946, so stated. This copy is VG in a VG unclipped ( no price) DJ. Black cloth with red designs and black tiles. Exterior is modestly faded to the spine, but only a hint of edge wear. Interior is clean, unmarked , and firmly bound. Heavily toned text as is usual with this edition. Minimal toning to EPs where DJ did not cover. DJ has a 1/2 open tear at bottom of spine, a 3/4" closed tear to back/bottom, and modest rubbing. still bright and clean.

Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Octavo. 221 pp. Restored illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in red; red topstain. Dust jacket backed with archival tissue, closing a prior small tear a couple tiny chips, with amateur black color fills; a bit of lacquer-like sheen to recto as a result of repair, with a few smudges and some toning still showing on white back panel. Boards show moderate edgewear; spine slightly cocked. Binding is sound. Pages toned but unmarked.

Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Crime - Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 221 pp. A collection of five stories by the author of Farewell My Lovely and The Big Sleep. Wartime paper is typically browned with age. A very good example. The dustwrapper has a long horizontal tear to the lower portion of the front panel. Sold in as-is condition.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood; A Collection of Short Stories. World/Tower, Cleveland, OH, 1946.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. 221 pp. Cloth in dustwrpper, unclipped, very good copy. (89748).

Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. Tower Mystery, The World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First tower books edition, as stated on copyright page. Book is near fine with light signs of wear and bumped corners. Jacket has edge wear but is very bright, presenting quite nicely. Octavo, black boards, 221 pages, pictorial Hoffman jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.

Seller: The Great Catsby's Rare Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood: A Collection Of Short Stories. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$64.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Tower Books edition hardback, 1946, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly rubbed to edges (now protected); boards overall clean and crisp with light bump to lower corner tips. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends (upper edges stained pink) but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood (FIRST EDITION). The World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A perfect gift for a mystery collector, a rare Chandler 1st edition at a reasonable price! Free 1-3 day USPS Priority Mail shipping & free insurance in the USA48. 8vo, 1st hardcover edition, first printing, "A Tower Mystery T-391." Five Chandler noir stories first published in Black Mask and other magazines. text is tanned from age but crisp, dust jacket is chipped in corners and spine, very good condition throughout. Flyleaf has inscription as shown, with 1946 date.

Seller: CWM Rare Books, LLC, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company; Tower Books, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$71.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition of this thrilling collection of five short crime fiction stories from Raymond Chandler. The first edition, first printing of this work, published in July 1946.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper, with adhesive laminate applied to wraps and back strip.The stories in this collection had previously appeared in two Avon paperbacks, published in 1944 and 1945.This collection includes 'Spanish Blood', 'The King in Yellow', 'Pearls are a Nuisance', 'Nevada Gas', and 'Trouble in my Business'.Raymond Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter best known for his detective crime stories. He was best known for writing the novels such as 'The Big Sleep' and 'The Long-Goodbye', featuring the PI Philip Marlowe. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumps to back strip head and tail, with rubbing to back strip centre, and to joints. Age toned adhesive laminate applied to back strip and wraps of dust wrapper. Light handling marks to rear wrap, and to dust wrapper reverse at back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, but clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Co, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$72.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Jacket is neatly price clipped and has some creases and small chips. Black cloth with red design has two bumped corners and minor scratches on front panel. Tight and square. First printing July 1946 stated on copyright page. Pretty nice copy. In mylar, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler.. Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories.. World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Almost like new book in VG jacket. Black hardcover with red design; World Publishing, Tower Books Edition, stated First Printing July 1946. Book as new except pages somewhat tanned due to age. Jacket is price-clipped (lower edge of dollar sign is still present, so this is not a book club edition, also, no indent on back cover), a little edgworn but jacket overall is quite attractive, now in clear archival mylar sleeve. **We are a small family business selling online since 1999 with over 30 years' experience providing fine new and pre-owned books. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. **Your purchase supports our town's public library.

Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. The World Publishing Company [1946], Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First publication of these five stories in a hardcover book. The stories appeared earlier (with five others) in FIVE MURDERERS (1944) and FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS (1945), two paperbound books published by Avon. Bruccoli AA3. A nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket. (24714)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

CHANDLER, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company., 1946.

Price: US$78.01 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Original black cloth with red titles and decorations to the spine and upper board. Red top edge. In the dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the boards a little mottled and the spine with a slight lean. The contents with the usual tanning to the poor quality paper stock are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the original lightly rubbed, creased, and nicked dustwrapper which has a few very small closed tears to the extremities and dustiness to the rear panel. A collection of five stories, previously published by Avon in paperback. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom

Raymond Chandler. SPANISH BLOOD - A Collection of Short Stories [First Tower Books printing]. World Publishing Company / Tower Books, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1946.

Price: US$84.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Tower Books mystery T-391. First printing of the first World Publishing Company edition, published in July 1946 - this is the true American first printing of this collection of stories. ***A very good copy in black and red boards with black titles to the spine and front board. The boards are nice and clean and unmarked. Small raised bump on the back board. Top and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners also slightly bumped. Spine tight. Small stain to the fore-edge of the page block, not affecting the interior. Bottom corner tips of first and last few pages slightly creased. No inscriptions. Interior pages clean, although the paper has browned due to the cheap paper stock used. (Please see scans). ***In a very good pictorial dustwrapper, which is complete and bright, with just some light wear at the edges, with very small loss and rubbing at the top and tail of the spine. There is a very small hole in the back panel, but this hardly shows. The dustwrapper is unpriced. A beautifully preserved fragile 1940s original dustwrapper. ***208 mm x 140 mm. 221 pages. ***Contents: Spanish Blood, The King in Yellow, Pearls are a Nuisance, Nevada Gas, Trouble is my Business. Previously published in Black Mask and Dime Detective, magazines. ***A Raymond Chandler American early post-war edition - first printing, published by the World Publishing Company, in nice collectable condition. The dustwrappers of these 1940s editions are not usually found in this bright and complete condition. ***'For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland Ohio, 1946.

Price: US$84.51 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Black, cloth-covered boards with black lettering on red panels on the front and spine. No inscriptions, a straight copy with no bumps etc; pages tanned as is common with this book. The unclipped dust jacket has minimal wear only and is protected by a removable, clear cover. Five short stories: Spanish Blood, The King in Yellow, Pearls are a nuisance, Nevada Gas and, Trouble is My Business. Scarce in this condition. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics.

Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD: A Collection of Short Stories. The World Publishing Company (1946), Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Collects five stories. Pages considerably darkened and brittle corners chipped at bottom of pp. 73/4 and 75/6 otherwise very good in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. First publication of these five stories in a hardcover book. The stories appeared earlier (with five others) in FIVE MURDERERS (1944) and FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS (1945), two paperbound books published by Avon. Bruccoli AA3. Text paper tanned as usual, a fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket. (#146526)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company (1946), Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. [8], 9-221, [3] pp. Black cloth with lettering in red on the front board and spine; red topstain. Bruccoli AA3. A collection of five short stories by one of the master's of hard-boiled detective fiction. A Near Fine book with the usual toning to the pages and a faint odor of tobacco; dust jacket is very near Fine with a touch of edge wear.

Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond.. Spanish Blood. A Collection of Short Stories.. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in black cloth, in a Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Small bump to heel of spine. Pages toning as usual. 221pp. Q09578

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. World Publishing, 1946.

Price: US$123.52 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1946 World Publishing Hardback 1st edition First printing July 1946 stated on copyright page. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good dustjacket

Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$127.42 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A lovely copy of this collection of short stories by Raymond Chandler, the first Tower Edition of this work, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A collection of short stories by Raymond Chandler, including 'Spanish Blood', 'The King in Yellow', 'Pearls are a Nuisance', 'Nevada Gas', and 'Trouble in my Business'.The first Tower Edition of this work, published the same year as the true first edition.Raymond Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter who also occasionally wrote detective crime stories. He is well known for writingThe Big Sleep (1939),The Long Goodbye (1953), andThe Lady in the Lake (1943).Enclosed in the original bright dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a touch of shelf wear. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart, with just some very light edgewear and a few light marks to the rear of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned, but are otherwise clean throughout. Near Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Chandler, Raymond.. SPANISH BLOOD.. WORLD. CLEVELAND 1946, 1946.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Near fine copy in very good+ dust jacket. (Paper age toned. A few small chips at crest of spine. Not affecting titles. Short edge tears at base of spine. Light shelf-wear to covers. ) Stories.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Co, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$162.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First printing July 1946 stated on copyright page. Tight and square with no markings. Spine ends lightly crimped. Text pages tanned a bit but not browned. Pages still supple. Red topstain still bright and even. Price intact jacket has minor edgewear at spine ends. Much better copy than normally found. First printing in hardcover as these stories first appeared in pulp magazines. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

CHANDLER, Raymond.. Spanish Blood - A Collection of Short Stories.. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York., 1946.

Price: US$162.52 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. 221 pages. Five stories that had first been published in Dime Detective and Black Mask.Cheap paper tanned, as ever. Head of spine very slightly bumped. Near fine in near-fine dustwrapper. A much better copy than usual.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

CHANDLER, Raymond.. Spanish Blood - A Collection of Short Stories.. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York., 1946.

Price: US$162.52 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. 221 pages. Five stories that had first been published in Dime Detective and Black Mask.Cheap paper tanned as usual. Some darkening to front endpapers. Very good indeed in near-fine dustwrapper.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

raymond chandler. spanish blood. world publishing, cleveland and newyork, 1946.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Tower books edition, stated first printing July 1946, very good- near fine dust jacket has edge wear small chips and very small tears.

Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood, First edition. World Publishing, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: World Publishing, 1946, (8vo) Black cloth with lettering in red on the front board and spine; red topstain, pictorial jacket. First Edition. First book publication of these stories which appeared in the 1930's in Black Mask and Dime Detective magazines. -- Jacket lightly edgeworn with small chips; cloth rubbed; paper browned, else very good. Ships from Hawaii.

Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. A collection of short stories.. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland / New York, 1946.

Price: US$194.52 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Black cloth covered boards stamped red. In original illustrated dust jacket. Binding is bright and firm, top edge stained red. Pages uniformly tanned. No marks or inscriptions. Jacket nicked at spine and flap fold ends, foxing along rear flap fold and top edge of rear flap. 221 pp. Dustjacket now in protective mylar cover.

Seller: Concept Books, Veldhoven, Netherlands

Chandler, Raymond. SPANISH BLOOD: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing. Octavo (cm); black cloth, blocked and titled in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [8],9-221,[3]pp. Light wear to crown, some faint, whitish rubbing along the joints, else a fresh, Near Fine copy, with the topstain bright and even, and much less tanning to the text than usual. Dustjacket shows light rubbing to extremities, else very Near Fine. The first collection of these five stories in hardcover format. "Spanish Blood," "The King in Yellow," "Pearls Are A Nuisance," "Nevada Gas," and "Trouble Is My Business" first appeared in the pages of Black Mask and Dime Detective magazine between 1935-1939. Not a difficult book to find, but a cheaply manufactured volume which tends to show any amount of wear most unfavorably. Bruccoli AA3; Hubin, p.75.

Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood. World Publishing, 1946.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Spanish Blood. World Publishing (1946). Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Tower Books Edition. Fine in Fine jacket. Enclosed in archival quality mylar cover.

Seller: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond Thornton (1888-1959). Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories. World Publishing, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 221 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's black with red label decorative scroll to spine and front cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Adventure, Love and Terror in this Collection of five great Crime stories: Spanish Blood, The King in Yellow, Pearls are a Nuisance, Nevada Gas, and Trouble is My Business. While these stories were previously published in paperback form, this is their first publication in a hardcover format. Condition: Corners bumped, pages age toned as usual. Jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, some light edge wear else a very good copy in like jacket.

Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.

Raymond Chandler. Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories by Raymond Chandler. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1946.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Spanish Blood: A Collection of Short Stories by Raymond Chandler A tight square copy with bright cloth, bright top stain, and tanned text block. A bright dust jacket with minor edge wear. Clear protective cover. Stated First Printing July 1946. First hardcover edition. Collects five stories. Black cloth stamped red with red top edges. Pictorial dust jacket.

Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: DJ in archival cover. First printed July 1946

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond.. Spanish Blood.. World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1946.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (Light shelf-wear to jacket. ) Stories from the pulps. Sharp copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond.. SPANISH BLOOD.. WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY., CLEVELAND, 1946.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near fine in a Nf. dj. (Paper in text age toned as always. A few tiny edge nicks in dj.) A better than average copy of this wear prone collection from the pulps.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood. Cleveland/New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo. 221 pp. Black cloth with red designs, black titling in red block. In its original DJ now wrapped in mylar. Light wear to corners and spine ends of the DJ, otherwise fine.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.