Fine Books & Manuscripts

[CHANDLER AND HAMMETT]. –– PARKER, Robert B. (1932–2010). Four Titles. Including: The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. 8vo. Publisher’s black cloth. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, limited to 300 copies. –– Poodle Springs. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [1989]. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth backed boards; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. –– [Together with:] an advance uncorrected proof. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. –– Backfire. Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 1984. 8vo. Publisher’s printed wrappers, with prospectus laid in. Limited to 200 copies and SIGNED BY PARKER. –– Together, four volumes from the American writer of mystery and detective fiction.