Parker | Robert B.

The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler

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Signed limited edition of The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler by Robert B. Parker.

Octavo, 63pp, [1]. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Solid text block, bumped corners, faint marks to bottom edge, a near fine example. Without dust jacket, as issued. One of 300 numbered copies, this one numbered 46. Signed by Robert B. Parker on the front flyleaf.

This is a portion of Robert B. Parker’s doctoral dissertation, for which he received a PhD in English Literature from Boston University in 1971. His work explores the character archetype of the “hard boiled detective” through the works of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald.

Additional information

Location Published

Northridge, CA

Publisher

Lord John Press

Edition

Limited Edition

Date Published

1984

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Near Fine

Author

Parker | Robert B.

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Robert B. Parker