Thriller Eric Ambler Cause for Alarm 1939 1st US VG DJ VG-

Description: Thriller Eric Ambler Cause for Alarm 1939 1st US VG DJ VG- First edition, first printing with 1939 on title page. Stated "first American edition" on copyright page. Publisher: New York Alfred A. Knoff [ii Blank] [xii] 3-284 [ii Type] [ii Blank] Original russet cloth-covered boards with blue lettering. Spine red with blue lettering. Top edge stained blue. Other edges trimmed. Tower mystery DJ. Knoff emblem stamped on rear cover. Book condition: Very Good Front cover in excellent condition with square edges. Spine edges are lightly bumped and not cocked. No previous owner's inscription. Text clean with light foxing to text edges. FEP and REP are very lightly browned. Farewell, My Lovely is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1940, the second novel he wrote featuring the Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen three times and was also adapted for the stage and radio. The plot follows Marlowe who is about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard.

Price: 350 USD

Location: Arlington, Texas

End Time: 2025-01-27T16:20:29.000Z

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