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CHANDLER, Raymond (1888–1959). Farewell My Lovely. –– [Together with:] an advanced reading copy. New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 8vo. Original printed wrappers (pale dampstains to upper cover verso); cloth slipcase. ADVANCED READING COPY. –– [Together with:] Farewell My Lovely. New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 8vo. Publisher’s brownish orange cloth stamped in dark gray-blue, top edge dyed blue (rubbing to spine panel near joints, faint sunning to cover extremities); original unclipped dust jacket (jacket trimmed at lower edge and laid-down on Japanese paper). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (one of 7500 copies) of the author’s second novel that again features the hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe. Bruccoli A2.1.a.