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CHANDLER, RAYMOND.
Farewell, My Lovely.
8vo, original orange cloth,
covers and spine lettered in blue; dust jacket, slightly browned,
1
/
4
inch closed tear at top of
front panel, front flap corners and foot of spine panel nicked lightly, few tiny holes along
flap folds; usual minor discoloration to endpapers, else clean internally with no markings;
preserved in custom cloth drop-back case.
NewYork: Knopf, 1940
[3,500/5,000]
FIRST EDITION
of one of Chandler’s finest novels and the first of his works to be filmed.The
resulting picture,The Falcon Takes Over, borrowed the plot of the source material but replaced
the Marlowe character with Michael Arlen’s gentleman sleuth Gay Lawrence (played by George
Sanders). Bruccoli A2.1.a; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
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CHANDLER, RAYMOND.
The Lady in the Lake.
8vo, original light green
cloth lettered and decorated in dark green; dust jacket, minor creasing and rubbing to folds,
nearly imperceptible tiny restoration to foot of spine panel, few small spots of light discol-
oration at extremities; housed in a custom cloth drop-back case.
NewYork: Knopf, 1943
[3,000/4,000]
FIRST EDITION
.
A very attractive copy.The pictorial dust jacket designed by Norman Reeves
depicts a non-urban setting, appropriate enough in that this is one of Chandler’s few fictions
that largely takes place at a remove from Los Angeles and its immediate environs. Bruccoli
A4.1.a.
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CHANDLER, RAYMOND.
The Little Sister.
8vo, original red cloth, discol-
oration along board edges, ringstain on front cover; dust jacket, spine panel lightly faded,
repairs and restoration to spine panel ends and flap corners, ringstain to front panel mostly
evident on verso; housed in custom drop-back case.
FIRST BRITISH EDITION
.
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1949)
[700/1,000]
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