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CHANDLER, Raymond (1888–1959). The High Window. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. 8vo. Publisher’s brown cloth with titles stamped in purple (toning to boards); facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. –– [Together with]: The Brasher Doubloon. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co., 1946. Publisher’s greyish-blue cloth stamped in dark blue; dust jacket (chipping to extremities). Second printing, movie tie–in edition to the 1946 film starring George Montgomery and Nancy Guild with original title of The High Window at spine and on pages. –– The High Window. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Publisher’s blue cloth (toning and rubbing to boards). Third printing. –– (2) The High Window. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co., 1945. Publisher’s dark blue cloth with titles stamped in light blue; dust jackets (rubbing, chipping to extremities). First printings and second printings. –– The third novel to feature Chandler’s most famous creation, Philip Marlowe, later adapted into the 1942 film Time to Kill and the 1946 film The Brasher Doubloon.