Sale 2508 - 19th & 20th Century Literature, May 14, 2019

45 46 44 44 c   CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Little Sister. 8vo, publisher’s red-orange cloth; unclipped dust jacket, short paper restorations to head and foot of spine panel and flap fold corners with original lettering intact, shallow abrasions to folds and creasing to top and bottom edges. first american edition . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949 [800/1,200] 45 c   CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Little Sister. 8vo, original red cloth, very faint soiling; dust jacket, spine panel with light fading and shallow chipping to head touching one letter, corners nicked, short closed tear to bottom of front panel with associated crease; scattered spotting to front and end matter and fore-edges. first edition . The fifth Philip Marlowe novel; precedes the first American edition. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1949) [600/900] 46 c   CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Long Good-bye. 8vo, publisher’s burgundy cloth stamped in silver, fine; dust jacket, rear panel dust soiled, modest wear to extremities and folds, most evident to head and foot of spine panel. first edition . The English edition preceded the American by a few months. Bruccoli A10.1.a. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1953) [500/750] 47 c   CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Spanish Blood. 8vo, publisher’s cloth; dust jacket, short closed tear, light rubbing to spine panel tips and top of front panel; contents browned as usual. first book appearance of five Chandler short stories. Cleveland: World Publishing, (1946) [250/350]