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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond. TheBig Sleep. NY: Knopf 1939. First edition. Slightrubbing to the bottom of the boards, near fine in a verygood dustwrapper with considerable rubbing at theextremities, and several internal tape mends. Apresentable copy of the author's first novel, a toweringhighspot of hardboiled detective literature, as well as oneof the most arresting novels of the century. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. #58797 .......................................... $9,500

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond. TheBig Sleep. New York: Avon (1943). First paperbackedition. A very good plus copy with rubbing to theextremities, some creasing and waviness with age tonedpages. Still an attractive copy with an arresting coverimage. A towering highspot of hardboiled detectiveliterature, as well as one of the most arresting novels ofthe century. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. From the Libraryof Bruce Kahn. #311715 ................................................ $85

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond.Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf1940. First edition. Advance Reading Copy in illustratedself-wrappers as issued. Spine-cocked, rubbing andedgewear, an attractive, very good copy in self-wraps ofthis fragile pre-publication state. In recent years the fewcopies that have been on the market have usually beensubject to extensive repair. While this copy exhibits somewear, it is totally unacquainted with the paperconservator's art. A scarce issue of what some considerthe zenith of the modern hardboiled detective novel.#88418 ......................................................................... $4,750

(Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond.Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf1940. First edition. Lightly rubbed, near fine in very gooddustwrapper with a chip on the front panel, somerubbing and short tears, and a faint, barely visible stain,but which is completely devoid of the restoration, repair,and sophistications usually visited upon copies of thistitle. The author's second book, basis for the 1944 filmMurder, My Sweet directed by Edward Dmytryk, with DickPowell as Philip Marlowe. Remade in 1975 by DickRichards with Robert Mitchum. #107062 .............. $4,800

Raymond Chandler's Copy(Mystery) (CHANDLER, Raymond)LASSWELL, Mary. Suds in Your Eye.Boston: Houghton, Mifflin 1942. Illustrated by GeorgePrice. Twenty-second printing. Near fine in gooddustwrapper with several moderate chips. RaymondChandler's copy with his name and address stampedtwice, once on the front fly and again on the title page.Purchased from the estate of the author's secretary.Books from Chandler's personal library seldom appear onthe market. #24219 ........................................................ $350

CHANDLER, Raymond. Spanish Blood.Cleveland / NY: World (1946). First edition. Ownername, pages a bit browned, boards lightly rubbed with afew small white spots, else very good withoutdustwrapper. The first printing of this collection ofstories, published by a company that usually producedonly reprints. #57844 ....................................................... $25

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery, Photoplay) CHANDLER,Raymond. The Brasher Doubloon [TheHigh Window]. Cleveland and New York: WorldPublishing Company (1946). Photoplay edition, secondWorld Publishing Company edition, and first edition withthis title. Pages browned, small scrape on front fly, thusvery good in moderately rubbed, very good dustwrapper.The Name "Louella M. Parsons" appears on ink on thefront pastedown, and the bottom of the page edges. Wecannot confirm that it is the gossip columinist's signature,and indeed we rather think that this may have been acopy intended for, or sent to her. The photoplay editionof Chandler's The High Window, which title appears on thebook itself, but with the promotional jacket for the 1947film directed by John Brahm, and featuring GeorgeMontgomery, Nancy Guild, and Conrad Janis.#86271 ............................................................................ $100

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CHANDLER, Raymond. The HighWindow. New York: Vintage (1976). Reprint. Nearfine with a hole punched in the front cover, in pictorialwrappers. #320563 ........................................................... $15

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond. TheLady in the Lake. London and Melbourne: HamishHamilton (1946). First Australian edition. Page edgesbrowned, some offsetting from the jacket on the frontboard, else about fine in a very attractive, very good plusdustwrapper with a couple of small chips at the folds,some slight tanning of the spine lettering, and a tiny chipat the foot. Presumably issued in very small numbers, theauthor's exceptionally scarce fourth novel. #67135 ............................................................................................... $2,750

(Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond. TheLittle Sister. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company1949. First American edition. Faint, tiny, and barelynoticeable date inked on the spine, and a little sunning,else a near fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. A solidcopy of this Philip Marlowe novel, basis for the 1969 filmMarlowe directed by Paul Bogart, and featuring JamesGarner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, and RitaMoreno; and with appearances by Jackie Coogan andBruce Lee. #96961 ......................................................... $175

(Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond. TheLittle Sister. New York: Pocket Books (1949). Firstpaperback edition. Very good plus in wrappers with asmall crease to the upper fore-edge corner of the frontwrap. #81975 .................................................................... $35

(Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond.Playback. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin 1958. FirstAmerican edition, preceded by the U.K. edition. Fine in avery good plus dustwrapper with a single short tear onthe front panel and a little rubbing. A better than usualcopy of a cheaply manufactured volume. #41321 ................................................................................................... $350

(Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond.Playback. (No place): Heron Books (1981). Reprint.Small octavo. Illustrated by Paul J. Crompton. Decorativemaroon gilt boards with gold book marker ribbon.#318008 ............................................................................. $35

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (CHANDLER, Raymond) GARDINER,Dorothy and WALKER, Kathrine Sorley,editors. Raymond Chandler Speaking.London: Hamish Hamilton (1962). Second impression.Near fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with asmall stain on the rear panel. #52674 ........................... $45

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond. Killerin the Rain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company1964. Second impression of the English edition (whichprecedes the American edition). Fine in fine dustwrapper.Eight early stories which originally appeared in BlackMast and Dime Detective, and which were adapted into thefirst four Philip Marlowe novels. A beautiful, unreadcopy. #316883 ................................................................ $125

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond.Chandler Before Marlowe edited byMatthew J. Bruccoli. Columbia: University ofSouth Carolina (1973). First edition thus. Foreword byJacques Barzun. Fine in slipcase as issued. One of 499numbered copies prepared as complimentary copies forpersons involved in the creation and marketing of thebook. Chandler's early prose and poetry, as well as twopreviously unpublished photographs of the author.#7772 ................................................................................ $50

MACSHANE, Frank. The Life ofRaymond Chandler. New York: E.P. Dutton andCo. Inc. (1976. First Edition. Very good with bumpedcover corners, some minor pencil marks in margins, andsome off-setting on end papers in a very good edgeworndustwrapper with a few tiny stains on spine.#104403 ............................................................................. $12

CHANDLER, Raymond. The Notebooksof Raymond Chandler and EnglishSummer: A Gothic Romance. New York: TheEcco Press 1976. First edition. Fine in a near finedustwrapper. #287989 ..................................................... $75

MACSHANE, Frank. Selected Letters ofRaymond Chandler. New York: ColumbiaUniversity Press 1981. First edition. Near fine in a nearfine dustwrapper. #298206 ............................................. $30

CHANDLER, Raymond, FrankMacShane (editor). Selected Letters ofRaymond Chandler. New York: ColumbiaUniversity Press (1981). Reprint. Near fine with slightrubbing to boards in a fine, price-clipped dustwrapper.#82149 ............................................................................... $15

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond. TheSmell of Fear. (No place): Heron Books (1981).Reprint. Small octavo. Illustrated by Paul J. Crompton.Decorative maroon gilt boards with gold book markerribbon. #318011 ............................................................... $20

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond.Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller:The Screenplay of Playback. New York:Mysterious Press (1985). First edition. Edited by JamesPepper. Introduction by Robert B. Parker. Fine in alightly rubbed, near fine dustwrapper. Laid in is a notepresenting the book from Pepper to Chandler's longtimesecretary Juanita Messick at the request of Chandler'sliterary executor Helga Greene, and a carbon copy ofMessick's reply. #25558 ...................................... $200 $140

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CHANDLER, Raymond. Philip Marlowe:A Centennial Celebration. New York: Knopf1988. First edition. Fine in a fine price-clippeddustwrapper. #47881 ....................................................... $25

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CHANDLER, Raymond and Robert B.PARKER. Poodle Springs. (London):Macdonald (1989). Limited edition. Number 225 of alimited edition of 250 copies specially bound, numberedand Signed by Parker on a tipped in plate. Fine in blueleatherette with gold stamping on the spine with theoriginal glassine dustwrapper, housed in a fine slipcase.#307799 ........................................................................... $125

(Mystery) CHANDLER, Raymond andRobert B. Parker. Poodle Springs. NewYork: G.P. Putnams Sons 1989. First edition. Fine in finedustwrapper. #152247 ..................................................... $10

(Mystery, CHANDLER, Raymond)PARKER, Robert B. Perchance toDream. New York: G. P.Putnam's Sons 1991.Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers. Signed by theauthor. Parker's sequel to Raymond Chandler's The BigSleep. #310322 ................................................................... $35

HINEY, Tom. Raymond Chandler: ABiography. New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press(1997). Uncorrected proof. Fine in wrappers.#284177 ............................................................................. $20

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (CHANDLER, Raymond). The Staff ofQuill and Brush, Inc. Bibliography, FirstEdition and Price Guide (APG - Author'sPrice Guide Series). Dickerson, MD: Quill &Brush 2004. 2004 (current) edition. 12 page bibliographyand price-guide. A thorough guide to identifying andcollecting first editions, advance copies, limited editions,etc. The AUTHOR PRICE GUIDES (APGs) include afacsimile of the author's signature; a brief biographicalsketch; an up-to-date list of the author's first editions(American and British) with entries for limited and tradeeditions; number of copies printed (if available); how toidentify the first edition; and estimated values. You canview the Instructions For Use (also included with yourorder), which shows a sample listing and completeinstructions for identifying first editions of the author'sworks, athttp://www.betweenthecovers.com/private/article_images/InstructionsForUse.pdf #93449 ..................................................................... $9