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Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep....
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"...I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars..."
Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep. New York:
Alfred A. Knopf, 1939.FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Octavo. Publisher's orange cloth stamped in blue-gray, top edge stained dark blue. Original illustrated dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell of quarter morocco and blue cloth boards, gilt lettered spine label.
Condition: Spine a little leaned, minor edgewear. Dust jacket unclipped ($2.00), slight toning to edges, minor wear and a few scuffs, a few minor stains.
References: Bruccoli A1.1.a.
Auction Info
2023 December 15 Historical Platinum Session Signature® Auction #6280 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2023
15th
Friday
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