RAYMOND CHANDLER. — The Long Good-Bye. A novel.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing), preceding the US edition (which was issued under the very slightly different title 'The Long Goodbye') by a year. 8vo. 320pp. Maroon cloth lettered and ruled in silver at the spine. The backstrip ends gently bruised. Some spotting to the edges, encroaching just a fraction to the margins of occasional text leaves. Some light partial toning to the free endpapers. A very good copy in considerably handled dust wrapper, with several inches of loss from the base of the rear panel / spine panel, two other areas of much smaller edge loss, and some chafing, rubbing, soiling, and general wear. The author's sixth Philip Marlowe detective novel, and his own personal favourite., Very Good, Poor