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[RAYMOND CHANDLER?S LIBRARY] CHANDLER, Raymond, [his copy]....
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[RAYMOND CHANDLER?S LIBRARY] CHANDLER, Raymond, [his copy]. ?? FURMAN, A.L., editor. Third Mystery Companion. New York: Gold Label Books, [1945]. 8vo. Publisher?s red cloth, original unclipped dust jacket (chipped at extremities). First wartime edition. RAYMOND CHANDLER?S PERSONAL COPY, rubber stamped with his name and Los Angeles address on front free endpaper. Bruccoli B2. While living at 6520 Drexel Ave. in Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler completed a pair of essays including the screenplay for ?The Blue Dahlia? and the seminal examination of detective fiction ?The Simple Art of Murder? that was later published in this book (see pp. 252?268).
