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The Big Sleep
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Like New/Like New
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Octavo. Orange cloth boards stamped in black. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, boards bright with dark blue top stain still vibrant. Inside flyleaf has one very light vertical crease. No writing, stamps, stickers. Dust jacket is fine, price-clipped with three small interior mends. No rips or tears. Panels and spine colors still bright and clear. Housed in a custom red cloth clamshell box. A truly superb copy of Chandler's first book. 277 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90388
- Title
- The Big Sleep
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1939
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Southampton Books
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Southampton, New York
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- New
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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- Octavo
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