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CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939.
8vo. Original orange cloth stamped in dark grey, blue top stain (light wear at ends, small tear on p. 101 top margin); original dust jacket (entire jacket professionally laid down, extreme ends, folds and top fore-edges restored, spine sunned); folding box.
FIRST EDITION of Chandler’s first book that introduced his wise-cracking private eye detective Philip Marlowe which redefined the noir genre and later became the basis for the 1946 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Bruccoli A1.1.a. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.