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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/Fine
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1939. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Fine. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: New facsimile jacket. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: First printing of the first UK edition. Black cloth binding with red border to boards, red lettering to spine. Rubbing and a few marks to boards. Rubbing and light creasing to spine. Foxing to first and last blank. Occasional spotting to text. Binding is a little loose and a couple of pages have short splits to the inner margin. Page 15/16 is protruding from the page block but fully attached, appears to be an original binding flaw. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Sir Philip Brocklehurst, Swythamley Park, Macclesfield. Best known as a member of Shackleton's 1907 Nimrod expedition to Antarctica). Chandler's first novel and a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Famously filmed by Howard Hawks in 1946 with Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 300
Synopsis
The Big Sleep is a crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 starring Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and again in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum. The story is noted for its complexity and is heavily influenced by classic Greek tragedy, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. -
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1202E028
- Title
- The Big Sleep
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm)
- Keywords
- , Crime_Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime, Mystery & Espionage;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
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