Raymond H Carr (4 results)

Condition: Very Good. LOOKS NEARLY LIKE NEW. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The May 1946 issue of Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly, # 2. Contents include He Cometh and He Passeth By by H R Wakefield, Trial By Jury by James M Cain, The Border-Line Case by Margery Allingham, Assistant Murderer by Dashiell Hammett, Haircut by Ring Lardner, The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler, Hot Money by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr), and others, This issue is notable as the second publication, after its original publication in the December 1944 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, of Chandler's essay "The Simple Art of Murder". This essay revolutionized the crime fiction genre by defining the philosophy of hard-boiled detective realism. It serves as a manifesto that rejects the polite, formulaic "cozy" mysteries of British tradition in favor of gritty, authentic American realism. Light edge wear. Light fading to the front and back covers along the spine. A very good copy.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The May 1946 issue of Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly, # 2. Contents include He Cometh and He Passeth By by H R Wakefield, Trial By Jury by James M Cain, The Border-Line Case by Margery Allingham, Assistant Murderer by Dashiell Hammett, Haircut by Ring Lardner, The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler, Hot Money by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr), and others, This issue is notable as the second publication, after its original publication in the December 1944 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, of Chandler's essay "The Simple Art of Murder". This essay revolutionized the crime fiction genre by defining the philosophy of hard-boiled detective realism. It serves as a manifesto that rejects the polite, formulaic "cozy" mysteries of British tradition in favor of gritty, authentic American realism. Light edge wear. A very good copy.…