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New York: Avon Book Company, 1946. First Editions. First book appearances, collectively, of 13 hard-boiled stories and Chandler's essay, "The Simple Art of Murder," which first appeared in the pages of Dime Detective, Black Mask, and The Atlantic Monthly, et al. All of the contributions with exception to "The Bronze Door" would be included in his 1950 collection The Simple Art of Murder. Despite the humble format of these volumes, they contain some of Chandler's sharpest prose, and rank among the best of his short fiction. While we have seen presentation copies of all of Chandler's novels, this is the first time we've encountered an inscribed copy of one of these pulp digests. Bruccoli A5.1, A6.1, A7.1; Hubin, p.74. First Printings. Three digest-sized octavos (19.25cm); original pictorial card wrappers; pp.[ii],11-166,[2] ads; [ii],11-168; [iv],11-122,[4] ads. Five Sinister Characters is inscribed by Chandler on the title page, to the wife of Chicago bookseller Arthur Lovell, with whom the author… Read More