The Little Sister

by Raymond Chandler

$395 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949. Thriller FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 20 x 13cm , pp.256. Elegantly hand bound in half burgundly calf over contrasting black cloth-covered sides, gilt lettered to spine in six compartments, original cloth spine bound at rear. Contents clean, exterior unmarked. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. The classic Philip Marlowe novel. This English first precedes the US first printing by three months. Item

• Binding: Leather

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