New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slightly cocked, near fine copy in a nice, near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears at the extremities. Chandler's third Philip Marlowe novel filmed twice, first as *Time to Kill* in 1943, and then in 1947 as *The Brasher Doubloon* with George Montgomery as Marlowe. A nice copy.