Fine; dust-jacket worn at fore-corners and head of spine with slight loss, a few old closed tears with neat tape-repairs to inside with slight show through in a couple of places, slight loss of colour to spine, but overall G+.
Chandler (Raymond) The Long Good-Bye.
£295
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1953
First edition (preceding the first US edition by a few months). 8vo. Original burgundy boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 10s.6d.
Chandler’s hard-boiled noir classic, defined by the author himself as “my best book”. In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel. It was later adapted as a 1973 film of the same name, updated to 1970s Los Angeles and starring Elliott Gould.
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