May 17, 2007 - Sale 2114

Sale 2114 - Lot 313

Price Realized: $ 2,205
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
WE GIVE YOU RAYMOND CHANDLER CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Big Sleep. Advance Review Copy. 8vo, publisher's grass green wrappers lettered in black, spine faded, few minor dampstains and mild thumb-soiling, professionally recased with covers backed in thicker stock, few small repairs to abraded areas and small clean tear on lower front cover; custom cloth chemise and gilt-lettered green morocco slipcase. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939

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advance review copy of chandler's famous first work. The cover reads: "In 1929 we gave you Hammett; In 1934 we gave you Cain; in 1939 we give you Raymond Chandler and The Big Sleep. We predict that The Big Sleep will duplicate the success of The Thin Man and The Postman Always Rings Twice, and will promote it and advertise it accordingly. Read this copy now for your own pleasure."