Fine Books & Manuscripts, featuring Mystery & Detective Literature
Thu, Jul 24, 2025 12:00PM EDT
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Lot 553
CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Alf...
Estimate: $300 - $500
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CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. 8vo. [278], [2, blank] pp. Publisher's full orange cloth, boards and spine stamped in dark gray (binding worn, soiled, endleaves toned and offset, text toned with occasional soiling, gutter facing first blank is cracked, 2 ink ownership stamps on front endleaves). Fair. FIRST EDITION OF CHANDLER'S FIRST NOVEL. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone.
