CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Big Sleep. 8vo, publisher's orange cloth stamped in blue, light rubbing to spine tips and corners; unclipped original pictorial dust jacket by Hans J. Barschel, skillfully backed on paper with supplied portions to head and foot of spine with color additions, light dust soiling, mild age-toning; custom cloth fall-back case with morocco lettering label. first edition of chandler's first book. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Bruccoli A1.1.a. New York: Knopf, 1939