Fine Books & Manuscripts

CHANDLER, Raymond (1888–1959). The Long Goodbye. London: Hamish Hamilton, [1953]. 8vo. Publisher’s dark grayish red paper-covered boards, spine lettered in silver; original unclipped dust jacket (few tiny chips to ends, rear jacket panel dust soiled); cloth slipcase. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST PRINTING preceding the first U.S. edition. A FINE COPY. –– [Together with:] The Long Goodbye. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. 8vo. Publisher’s duo-tone cloth titled in dark green, green top stain; original unclipped dust jacket (light chipping or rubbing to extremities, tiny tape repair to upper corner of front inside flap; binding tight and clean); slipcase with pictorial paper label. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Bruccoli A10.1.a; A10.2a. The author’s sixth novel featuring the private detective Philip Marlow, with many critics ranking it as the best of Chandler’s work earning an Edgar Award for Best Novel.