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CHANDLER, Raymond (1888–1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. 8vo. Publisher’s orange cloth with titles stamped in black (ex–library copy with pocket, some loose pages); facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Bruccoli A.1.1.a. –– [Together with]: The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. 8vo. Publisher’s orange cloth with titles stamped in black; facsimile dust jacket (small indentation to page edges). Second printing before publication. –– [Also:] A second printing Black Widow Thriller edition in publisher’s stamped blue cloth; dust jacket (foxing, toning). –– [Also:] a 1946 movie tie-in edition. –– [Also:] a 1988 Hamish Hamilton edition in publisher’s black cloth, dust jacket. –– The first novel to feature Chandler’s most famous creation, Philip Marlowe, and later adapted into the classic 1946 motion picture of the same name starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and directed by Howard Hawks.