The Big Sleep
Penguin Main Series 652. 1st Ediiton, published 1948.
Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is blackmailing him. A broken, weary old man, Sternwood just wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. However, with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out. And that's before he stumbles over the first corpse.
Condition grading: Good. Some wear to tanned spine. Some foxing to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 652. 1st Ediiton, published 1948.
Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is blackmailing him. A broken, weary old man, Sternwood just wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. However, with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out. And that's before he stumbles over the first corpse.
Condition grading: Good. Some wear to tanned spine. Some foxing to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 652. 1st Ediiton, published 1948.
Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is blackmailing him. A broken, weary old man, Sternwood just wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. However, with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out. And that's before he stumbles over the first corpse.
Condition grading: Good. Some wear to tanned spine. Some foxing to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
