Smart Aleck Kill Pick Up Noon by Raymond Chandler (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Paperback Edition. Selection of stories from The Simple Art of Murder which was originally published in hard covers by Hamish Hamilton in 1950. This selection of four stories was previously published in paperback by Hamish Hamilton in 1953 under the title Smart-Aleck Kill and then in hard covers in 1958 also under that title. Edge rubbing to the spine. The front cover has a two inch crease to the top right corner and there is a reading crease down the right side of the back cover next to the spine. Page edges browned and there are traces of some writing in pencil on the inside of the back cover - song titles I think. Browning to the pages which are otherwise unmarked. First printing of the Ace edition. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Tom Dunn GGA Painted Cover. (illustrator). Third Edition by Publisher. 196 Pages; Goodreads: The collection contains four stories, All first appeared in detective magazines. Philip Marlowe, hero of Chandler's novels, is nowhere to be found. In the title story, originally published as "Noon Street Nemesis" in 1936, undercover narc Pete Anglish accidentally becomes involved in a scheme to extort money from a movie star. "Smart-Aleck Kill" (1934), another tale with a Hollywood angle, tells of P. I. Johnny Dalmas's attempts to unravel a bogus blackmail plot. In "Guns at Cyrano's" (1936) Ted Carmady, once a detective, now a hotel owner, gets into trouble when he discovers a pretty dancer unconscious in the hallway. Gambler Johnny De Rose hopes to avoid a vengeful gangster in "Nevada Gas" (1935) but is dragged into deadly violence anyway; >> Cover creasing; spine slant; Water-Stain at bottom edge to interior pages. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.