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Hardcover. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1940. 275 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (lightly soil & chipping present to the spine ends, foxing present from tape repairs present to the reverse of the DJ). Bound in red brick cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages.

Farewell, My Lovely is a detective novel by Raymond Chandler, featuring his iconic private eye Philip Marlowe. First published in 1940, it is Chandler's second novel.