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Lot 84
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Lady in the Lake. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, stamped in green (spine sunned, some light wear); dust jacket (price-clipped, some chipping and toning); folding case.
FIRST EDITION of Chandler's fourth Philip Marlowe mystery and the first to advertise "A Philip Marlowe Mystery" on the dust jacket. Bruccoli A4.1.a.
[With]: CHANDLER. The Little Sister. Boston et al: Houghton Mifflin Company et al, 1949. 8vo. Original red cloth; dust jacket (front flap detached but present, some chipping with minor losses). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the fifth Philip Marlowe mystery. Bruccoli A8.2.a.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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