The third impression of the photoplay edition with the bright photoplay edition dust wrapper, displaying stills from the 1944 film noir adaptation. Signed by Raymond Chandler. This reprint published two years after the first edition. Not price clipped, displaying stills from the 1944 film starring Dick Powell, released under the title 'Murder, My Sweet' In the publisher's original cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. Pages yelloweddue to paper type.