Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly No. 7, New York, 1942.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Chandler's first novel, which he based on two of his short stories ("Killer in the Rain" and "The Curtain"). 170 pages. Strongly cocked, significant handling wear, creases, spine edges scraped, short tears to bottom spine edges, tanning. Size: Digest

Seller: Augustine Funnell Books, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Chandler, Raymond; Burnett, W. R.; Merritt, A.; Woolrich, Cornell; Cain, James M.; Wallace, Edgar; Whitfield, Raoul; Cheyney, Peter; Charteris, Leslie; Allingham, Margery; Babcock, Dwight V.; Gruber, Frank; Sayers, Dorothy L.; Christie, Agatha; Simenon; Stout, Rex; Long, Julius; Ronns, Edward; Paul, Elliot; Abbot, Anthony; Coxe, George Harmon; Footner, Hulbert. AVON MURDER MYSTERY MONTHLY (48 VOLUMES). Avon, 1942.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Set of 48 (out of 49) digest size paperback volumes in the Avon Murder Mystery Monthly series. The first 4 volumes are Murder of the Month. Includes the following titles, authors and condition: #1 - Seven Footprints to Satan by Merritt (VG), Mysterious Mickey Finn by Paul (VG), #3 - Silinski Master Criminal (good), #4 - The French Key Mystery by Gruber (VG), #5 - Burn Witch Burn by Merritt (good), #6 - The Postman Always Rings Twice by Cain (VG), #7 - The Big Sleep by Chandler(good), #8 - Maigret Abroad by Simenon (good), #9 - The Red Box by Stout (fair), #10 - Homicide for Hannah by Babcock (VG), #11 - Creep Shadow Creep by Merritt (good), #12 - Hungry Dog Murders by Gruber (VG), #13 - If the Shroud Fits by Roos (VG), #14 - Whose Body by Sayers (good), #15 - Premeditated Murder by Cheyney (VG), #16 - Double Indemity by Cain (VG), #17 - Who Killed Chloe by Allingham (VG), #18 - The Moon Pool by Merritt (good), #19 - 5 Murderers by Chandler (good), #20 - The Embezzler by Cain (VG), #21 - The Counter Spy Murders (VG), #22 - The Ace of Knaves by Charteris (good), #23 - Simon Lash Private Detective by Gruber (good), #24 - Dwellers in the Mirage by Merritt (VG), #25 - About the Murder of the Startled Lady by Abbot (good), #26 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Christie (good), #27 - The Black Angle by Woolrich (good), #28 - Five Sinister Characters by Chandler (good), #29 - The Face in the Abyss by Merritt (good), #30 - Farewell to the Admiral by Cheyney (good), #31 - If I Should die Before I Wake by Woolrich (as by Irish) (good), #32 - The Saint vs. Scotland Yard (good), #33 - Nobody Lives Forever by Burnett (VG), #34 - The Ship of Ishtar by Merritt (VG), #35 - Flowers for the Judge by Allingham (good), #36 - They Never say When by Cheyney (good), #37 - Orchids to Murder by Footner (VG), #38 - Hannah Says Foul Play by Babcock (good), #39 - Flash Casey Detective by Coxe (VG), #40 - High Sierra by Burnett (VG), #41 - The Metal Monster by Merritt (good), #42 - Borrowed Crime by Woolrich (Irish) (good), #43 - The Finger Man by Chandler (VG), #44 - Love's Lovely Counterfeit by Cain (VG), #45 - On the Spot by Wallace (good), #46 - The Green Ice Murders by Whitfield (VG), #48 - Murder in her Big Blue Eyes by Long (good) and #49 - Lady the Guy is Dead by Ronns (good). Missing #47. All are first paperback eds. thus. Published between 1942 and 1950 by Avon.

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