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1st edition, 2nd issue with those points as given in the biblio. Original blue and orange cloth, with residue of old book plate on endsheet, else very good. in a fine facsimile dust jacket. Basis for the film noir directed by Howard Hawks starring Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe. The film script was written by William Faulkner, and was forced to adopt radical changes in the plot to satisfy the censors, that explains its confusions. The real villan is in the book. One day there will be a full fledged film a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and a modern highspot of virtually iconic reputation.

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.