The Long Good-bye Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

£350 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Detective novel LEATHER-BOUND TRUE FIRST EDITION, first impression, preceding the US edition by one year. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp. 2 320 2 . Recently rebound in red half calf, with raised bands and gilt titles to twin black labels to spine, and marbled paper over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the publisher's original cloth spine bound in at rear. A crisp, clean copy presented in an attractive new leather binding. A

  • Printing: first
  • Binding: Hardcover

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