Lot 27
CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021 10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $2,375

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.

8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth lettered in blue, top edge stained blue; original pictorial dust jacket (spine panel darkened and with a few scuffs with small losses, some soiling to edges, rubbing and a few tears with losses to spine ends, some minor soiling to pastedowns along gutter); folding case.

FIRST EDITION of Chandler's second novel, which was adapted for the detective film noir classic of the same name starring Dick Powell as hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe. Bruccoli A2.1a.

[With:]

CHANDLER. The Little Sister. Boston: Riverside Press, 1949. 8vo. Original orange cloth; original pictorial dust jacket (some light rubbing or minor chipping to extremities).  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Bruccoli A8.2.a.

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