Dealer in Rare and First-Edition Books: Western Americana; Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Fiction
The Big Sleep
RAYMOND CHANDLER
Other works by RAYMOND CHANDLERPublication: Alfred A Knopf, 1939, New York
First edition. Author's first book. Fine, bright square copy with top edge dark blue and un-faded in dust jacket with a tiny (1/8") closed tear to top edge of rear panel and a tiny (1/8") closed tear and one inch wrinkle to bottom edge of the rear panel. A Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery novel and an exceptional copy. Made into two films of the same name, in 1946 starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles. Housed in a two-tone quarter leather and cloth clam shell case with a leather label on the spine and the titles stamped in gold gilt.
Inventory Number: 33775
$22,500.00
