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 few tiny spots of fraying at foot, spine slightly cocked). FIRST EDITION, 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.