The Long Goodbye
signed first edition
1954 · Boston
by CHANDLER, RAYMOND & ELLIOTT GOULD
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. First American Edition. Signed by the actor Elliott Gould who starred in the 1973 film The Long Goodbye. Gould has signed as his character ‘Philip Marlowe’ and with his own full name. The book is accompanied by an original color photograph of Elliott Gould holding this book. Small vintage ownership signature. Some pitting to cloth else very good copy with a touch of edge wear in a price-clipped dust jacket with shelf wear and rubbing on the rear panel, which has been mended by an expert paper conservationist. The film was directed by Robert Altman, with a screenplay by Leigh Brackett, and co-starred Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, and Henry Gibson. (Inventory #: 16085J)