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The Big Sleep
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The Big Sleep Hardcover - 1989

by Raymond Chandler And Lou Stoumen

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San Francisco, CA: North Point Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 249 pages; Very Good condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings. Smudges to exterior edge of pages, minor. Minor wear to foot of DJ's spine. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. .
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  • Title The Big Sleep
  • Author Raymond Chandler And Lou Stoumen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition Thus
  • Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
  • Pages 249
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher North Point Press, San Francisco, CA
  • Date 1989
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # HVD-42290-OS-0
  • ISBN 9780865474024 / 0865474028
  • Weight 1.54 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Reading level 660
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About this book

The Big Sleep is a crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 starring Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and again in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum. The story is noted for its complexity and is heavily influenced by classic Greek tragedy, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. -

First Edition Identification

 First edition published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1939. Stated first edition on the copyright page and $2.00 price point on the dust jacket. The initial edition barely sold 13,000. It was not until after the 1946 film that the novel gained in popularity. 

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