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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (First Edition) A firm copy with minor wear to spine edges and corners. Mild offset tanning to endpapers. Mild age toning to pages. Otherwise, clean interior. Price-clipped. A jacket with moderate wear to spine edges; mild wear to flap-fold edges. Soiling and stains to jacket. In clear protective cover. Copyright 1939. First Edition, stated. Orange cloth with black-stamped lettering; top edge stained black. 277 pp. Chandler's first novel. "more than a 'murder mystery'; it is a novel of crime and character.", jacket.

The Big Sleep is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about detective Philip Marlowe. The story is set in Los Angeles and follows Marlowe as he investigates a complex case involving blackmail, mystery, and murder, which begins with a wealthy general who is being blackmailed and needs Marlowe's help.