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Lot 76
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
2,500
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$2,125
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CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.
8vo. Half-title. Original orange cloth, stamped in grey (some minor soiling, spine slightly leaned); in unclipped dust jacket (separation along front spine fold with old tape repair verso, chipping with losses, soiling).
FIRST EDITION OF CHANDLER'S FIRST BOOK, including the first appearance of detective Philip Marlowe. Chandler's hard-boiled crime novel has been adapted to film twice: in 1946, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, with a script co-authored by William Faulkner, and in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum. Bruccoli A.1.1.a.