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Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Facsimile reprint of the original 1940 edition published by Alfred A. Knopf. Volume in As New condition. Dust Jacket in As New condition. Slipcase in Near Fine condition--a small spot to rear of slipcase. A beautiful copy.
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$41.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A faithful facsimile of the very rare first edition. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart jacket protector.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board and with the top edge of the text block stained blue. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches. In a fine reproduction dust jacket with the "FEL" logo on the rear flap. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a fine gray cloth covered slip case with the front and rear panels of the dust jacket reproduced on the panels of the slip case. Lacking the First Edition Library slip describing the book and its first printing. 275 pages of text. This is the First Edition Library's exact (facsimile) reproduction of the first edition of the book to include all the issue points that were present in the original first printing. Facsimile First Edition Library Reprint.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Chandler, Raymond. FAREWELL MY LOVELY. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940 [Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team. The case is finished in black cloth & medium grey Nuba®, gilt stamped spine title piece, 'Sculpted' design on the side. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Benchmark Mystery. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Raymond Chandler. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$259.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Orange cloth hardcover book with dark blue lettering, in good condition. This is a First edition as stated on copyright page. Entire bottom half of front cover and spine are badly blemished by a multicolored stain, but cover is in good physical shape with minimal signs of shelf wear. Front pastedown and endpaper are badly blemished, with numbers written, smudges and a large apparent ink stain marring the bottoms of all pages until p. 19, diminishing gradually. Binding is loose in front, with small tear to front inner hinge. Text itself in very good condition, pages very clean. Textblock has blue topstain, slightly faded.Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.
Seller: Encore Books, Montreal, QC, Canada
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell. My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "First Edition" stated on copyright page, bound in light orange cloth with front cover and spine lettered in dark blue; mild edge rubbing and overall handling wear, appears to have once been in a small lending library -- bookplate or list removed from front pastedown, front free endpaper removed, previous owner name stamp on front blank; internally clean and unmarked, binding reasonably tight, light handling wear and a few indications of previous dog-ears, a couple pages have small finger smudges. I have tried to list all possible flaws, some are minor, book still a solid GOOD condition
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Chandler , Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated first edition. Covers have moderated soiling and light shelf wear. Corners lightly bumped. Owner name. Erased remains of a red crayon (or pencil?) scribble on page 274. The paper in this edition is not top quality but the condition is not degraded from its original condition. Some light soiling to endpapers but hinge and binding are very good. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 275 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Original rust cloth, small rub at bottom of front panel else very good. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Considered by many to be Chandler's best novel.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond.. Farewell, my Lovely.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1940.
Price: US$448.97 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp [x], 275, [3].Endpapers lightly tanned. Spine slightly faded. Covers a bit dusty. Very good. Facsimile dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Raymond Chandler. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940. VERY GOOD+ in rust colored cloth-covered boards with dark blue titles and top edge. Lacking the dust-jacket. Previous owners name, place of purchase, and date neatly printed at top of FFEP. Tiny bit of wear at tips. Binding nice and tight. First Edition, First Printing.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Publisher's original orange cloth stamped in blue; lacking a dust jacket. Good, with light staining, edge wear and fading to cloth. Previous owner bookplate, wear and staining to front endpapers. Inked date written on rear paste down. Pages are lightly toned, with several faint stains. A serviceable copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition stated, First Printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth stamped in blue; lacking a dust jacket. Very Good, with light lean to spine; cloth scuffed and lightly soiled, worn at extremities. Inner front hinge repaired, pages toned. A nice copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Raymond Chandler. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing. Dust Jacket is glued to the boards. Baum's Newsroom, Brooklyn, NY stamp on front endpaper. Lean to spine
Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Tiny snagged tear to cloth at lower edge of front cover, two leaves have small spot of early browning, else a near fine, bright, and fresh copy without dust jacket. Author, and diplomat, William C. Bullitt's copy, with his contemporary engraved bookplate on front pastedown. Bullitt served as the first American Ambassador to the Soviet Union; in addition to his own books, he also co-authored, with Sigmund Freud, a psychological study of President Wilson. *Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone* title.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A Knopf, E-179, 1940.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1940. 275 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (lightly soil & chipping present to the spine ends, foxing present from tape repairs present to the reverse of the DJ). Bound in red brick cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Philip Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Slightest bit cocked, still a lovely, fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. The author's second book, basis for the 1944 film *Murder, My Sweet* directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. Remade in 1975 by Dick Richards with Robert Mitchum.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pale red cloth with blue titling and decoration, very good with rubbing to edges, minor toning to spine, light edgewear including points of rubbing to bottom fore-edge corners, bumped spine foot. Forward spine tilt. Binding sound. Dust jacket good: toned, particularly to spine, and with a series of skillful repairs to verso with only minimal aesthetic effect to exterior. Extremely faint sticker ghosts at front paste down and FFEP. Pages toned. Light soiling across first few pages, only sparsely through remaining text. Text else clean, with no notes, underlining, highlighting or similar.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Farewell My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Authors second book. Haycroft-Queen cornerstone. The book is very nice with just some light spotting to the endpapers and the spine ends rolled a bit. The spine shows some fading and there is some chipping at the foot of the spine. The verso of the jacket shows tape shadows at the folds for re-inforcement. The tape had been removed by a previous owner. Near Fine / Good.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Advance Reading Copy in illustrated self-wrappers as issued. Spine-cocked, rubbing and edgewear, an attractive, very good copy of this fragile pre-publication state. Housed in a custom quarter red morocco and cloth clamshell case. In recent years the few copies that have been on the market have usually been subject to extensive repair. While this copy exhibits some wear, it is totally unacquainted with the paper conservator's art. A scarce issue of what some consider the zenith of the modern hardboiled detective novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, RAYMOND.. Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition of Chandler's second novel, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Very good in a dust jacket with some interior mending and considerable restoration. In a custom clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, one of 7,500 copies. Octavo (19.25cm); orange cloth, with titles stamped in blue on spine and front cover; dark blue topstain; dustjacket; [8], 275, [5]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, mild rubbing to lower board edges, with three small spots to right edge of textblock, and a few faint stains to margins of pp.126-27 and 148-49; topstain is bright and unfaded; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with a vertical fold and sunning to spine panel; wear along spine ends and flap folds, rear panel slightly dusty, with a few closed edge tears; verso of front flap shows several penciled dates contemporary with time of publication, erased by a previous owner; a half-dozen small spots of touch-up to front and spine panels; Very Good+. Chandler's second novel, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. Basis for Edward Dmytryk's film noir Murder, My Sweet (1944), starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Anne Shirley, as well as the 1975 adaptation starring Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe. Bruccoli A2.1.a; The Dark Page, Vol.1, pp.60-61; Hubin, p.75.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover wear to the spine and to the extremities age toned. Previous owners name. Jacket has printed price of $2.00 net on front flap. 275 pages
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover ware to the spine edges and extremities. Previous owners name. Stated first edition.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$4800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Lightly rubbed, near fine in very good dustwrapper with a chip on the front panel, some rubbing and short tears, and a faint, barely visible stain, but which is completely devoid of the restoration, repair, and sophistications usually visited upon copies of this title. The author's second book, basis for the 1944 film *Murder, My Sweet* directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. Remade in 1975 by Dick Richards with Robert Mitchum.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond.. Farewell, My Lovely.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$5772.43 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, in a lovely example of the striking jacket. Farewell, My Lovely, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, was adapted for screen on three occasions, and was the first Philip Marlowe novel to be filmed. In this "ingeniously plotted" story, "Chandler explored his detective's fallibility and vulnerability" (ODNB). Bruccoli A2.1.a. Octavo. Original pink cloth, lettering on front board and spine in blue, publisher's device in blue to rear cover, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom pink cloth solander box. Extremities slightly rubbed, faint offsetting to endpapers, couple of tiny marks to rear cover, subsequent spots offset to jacket verso, contents clean. A near-fine copy in very good dust jacket, price-clipped, rubbed at folds, spine panel browned with couple of small damp stains, a couple of nicks to ends, front panel still bright.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CHANDLER, Raymond.. Farewell, My Lovely.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$6413.81 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, advance review copy; the top edge is stamped "sample copy not for sale" and the front free endpaper is inscribed with the publisher's code dated March. The wrappers are taken from the stock of dust jackets for the official publication in hardcover, which appeared the following October. Farewell, My Lovely, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, was adapted for screen on three occasions and was the first Philip Marlowe novel to be filmed. In this "ingeniously plotted" story, "Chandler explored his detective's fallibility and vulnerability" (ODNB). Bruccoli A2.1.a. Octavo. Original red illustrated wrappers, taken from the dust jacket stock and retaining unclipped flaps. Spine cocked and sunned, small wear to spine foot, contents clean. A near-fine copy of this fragile issue.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CHANDLER, RAYMOND.. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY.. Alfred A. Knopf, 1940., New York, 1940.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Fine, clean, square copy in dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. A complex tale of personal and political corruption. A huge ex-con named Moose Malloy hires a reluctant Marlowe to find Velma, his former girlfriend, leading to an underworld of blackmailing, gambling, and corrupt cops and politicians. The author's second book and basis for the 1944 film, Murder, My Sweet which was directed by Edward Dmytryk, and starred Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. The film was remade in 1975 by Dick Richards and starred Robert Mitchum as Marlowe. Housed in a cloth clamshell case with a leather label on the spine and the titles stamped in gold gilt. A Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery, and regarded by the author as his best novel.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Raymond Chandler. Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$6777.96 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Published on the 1st of October in an edition of 7 500 copies. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Very good copy with minor rubbing in a similar dustwrapper with some tiny chips, tears and very moderate soiling and wear. Not restored in any way. This istem part of our "Catalogue 9 - Raymond Chandler", which you can view at ygrbooks.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
Chandler, Raymond. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$7000.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of the second novel by the master of the hard-boiled, a worthy follow-up to THE BIG SLEEP (1939). Detective Philip Marlowe investigates the murder of a Black nightclub owner in this gritty tale of stoic despair set in Los Angeles. Published one year after THE BIG SLEEP, it has many of the same strengths and weaknesses; Chandler remains a surgeon in shaping the tiny details of his prose to build a larger atmosphere of surreal dread. A remarkably fresh copy of a major work of mid-century American fiction. 7.5'' x 4.5''. Original full orange cloth, boards and spine stamped in blue. Original unclipped light red dust jacket designed by Hans J. Barschel. [8], 275, [3] pages. Jacket spine lightly sunned, closed tear at foot of front flap: overall fresh.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.00 printed price present on the front flap and is rich in color with minor wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the board are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy with the ORIGINAL dustjacket. We buy Chandler First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
CHANDLER Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. , 1940.
Price: US$9200.00 + shipping
Description: "CHANDLER, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Octavo, original red wrappers. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $9200.First edition, Advance Review Copy, of Chandler's scarce second novelan exceptional copy of this premiere work by "one hell of a writer" (George Higgins)in original ARC wrappers."Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool, a clever foolperhapsbut a fool just the same." With these words, written by Chandler in 1949, the man who redefined the American crime novel acknowledged what his own writing made evident. It was barely a decade earlier that Chandler began to achieve some success. With the popularity of his first novel The Big Sleep in 1939, Chandler began working on Farewell, My Lovely in April that same year, completing a first draft by September and finishing the novel in the summer of 1940. To many, Farewell, My Lovely, the second Philip Marlowe novel, remains Chandler's premiere achievementglittering with lines such as "All she did was take her hand out of her bag, with a gun in it. All she did was point it at me and smile. All I did was nothing" (265). W.H. Auden calls Chandler's works "serious studies of a criminal milieu, the Great Wrong Place, and his powerful but extremely depressing books should be read and judged, not as escape literature, but as works of art" (ANB). Or, as George Higgins noted, "Chandler is fun to read one hell of a writer, and those are hard to find" (Bruccoli & Layman, 82-3). "First Edition" stated on copyright page. A Haycraft Queen cornerstone. Bruccoli A2.1.a. Hubin, 75. Johnson, 60. Owner signature dated year of publication.Text fresh and fine, mild rubbing, scant edge-wear mainly to spine of ARC original wrappers. An excellent near-fine copy."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Raymond Chandler on a laid in signature. A beautiful copy. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.00 printed price present on the front flap. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with a hint of wear to the edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Chandler First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.