first edition 320 pp. 8vo
1953 · London
by Chandler, Raymond
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First edition. 320 pp. 8vo. Original maroon cloth lettered in silver on spine, dust-jacket illustrated by Fritz Wegner. A few tiny tears to jacket and slight rubbing to spine folds, but a fine, attractive copy, in a custom calf box. First edition. 320 pp. 8vo. A fine copy of the first edition of the sixth Philip Marlowe novel, published the year before the American edition. Bruccoli A10.1.a
(Inventory #: 308452)