Penguin Main Series 652. 1st Edition, published 1948.
Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But 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 damage to spine ends. Some foxing to right edge of front cover, and very light foxing to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 652. 1st Edition, published 1948.
Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But 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 damage to spine ends. Some foxing to right edge of front cover, and very light foxing to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
