The Long Good-Bye
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition, first impression. The sixth novel to feature Philip Marlowe.
Original burgundy cloth with white lettering to spine. A little spotting to edges, else near fine.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has several nicks, chips and tears to edges with small area of loss half way down upper flap fore-edge, otherwise a good example of a jacket that is often found in worn condition.
Synopsis
Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888 - 1959) was the master practitioner of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Although he was born in Chicago, Chandler spent most of his boyhood and youth in England where he attended Dulwich College and later worked as a freelance journalist for The Westminster Gazette and The Spectator . During World War I, Chandler served in France with the First Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, transferring later to the Royal Flying Corps (R. A. F.). In 1919 he returned to the United States, settling in California, where he eventually became director of a number of independent oil companies. The Depression put an end to his career, and in 1933, at the age of forty-five, he turned to writing fiction, publishing his first stories in Black Mask . Chandler’s detective stories often starred the brash but honorable Philip Marlowe (introduced in 1939 in his first novel, The Big Sleep ) and were noted for their literate presentation and dead-on critical eye. Never a prolific writer, Chandler published only one collection of stories and seven novels in his lifetime. Some of Chandler’s novels, like The Big Sleep , were made into classic movies which helped define the film noir style. In the last year of his life he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died in La Jolla, California on March 26, 1959.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fine Book Cellar Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476183139457
- Title
- The Long Good-Bye
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chandler, Long Good-Bye, First
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books to Film; Raymond Chandler;
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