CHANDLER, Raymond (1888?1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. 8vo. Publisher?s brownish orange cloth stamped in dark gray-blue, blue top edge (spine gently darkened with slight fraying at ends, scant dust soiling to covers); original unclipped dust jacket (chipping to jacket extremities with few tiny marred spots to front panel, old tape repairs verso); cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Chandler?s first book that introduced his wise-cracking private eye detective Philip Marlowe redefining the noir genre, later becoming the basis for the 1946 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Bruccoli A1.1.a.