Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
. Publication Announement for THE BIG SLEEP. The Arion Press, San Francisco, CA, 1986.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: broadside (20 by 9 3/4 inches). NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. Poster announcing publication of Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, illustrated by Lou Stoumen, with introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell. Also includes the letter from Andrew Hoyem.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep. Arion Press, 1986.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Several cracks to the hard plastic covering the book spine and very light scuffs to cover. Internally Fine. Comes in custom matching slipcase. Introductory essay by Lawrence Clark Powell, illustrated with 40 photographs by Lou Stoumen. 425 copies plus 34 hors de commerce, signed by the photographer, 1986.
Seller: Vendome Books, San Clemente, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A marvelous fine press rendering of Chandler's noir classic, illustrated with new photographs shot by legendary photographer Lou Stoumen in vintage 1940s black and white style. The book is bound in beveled plexiglass boards and spine, with silkscreened titles and decorations. Produced in an edition of 425 unnumbered copies signed by Stoumen, this copy is in very good condition, with a slight front hinge break, else fine. The original prospectus is laid-in. First Thus (In a limited edition of 425 copies).
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep. The Arion Press, 1986.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stunning Copy Without Wear. First Edition.1/425 Copies Beautiful Mystery Classic. Very Scarce.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1986.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The very scarce Arion Press Edition, limited to 425 copies and printed by Andrew Hoyem. As New. Arion Press publication brochure laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 249 pages; Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out - and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Arion Press edition of Chandler's classic novel. This edition was limited to 425 copies and printed by Andrew Hoyem. Lou Stoumen, the photographer, has signed the copy below his contribution notes printed in the back of the book. Stoumen was a two time Academy Award winner in the documentary category. Small 4to, 249pp, (i), in publisher's white plastic covers and spine with cloth hinge. Titles and decoration in green/white on spine and front. A fine copy in the original cardboard box.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2397.61 + shipping
Description: San Francisco, Arion Press, 1986. 4°. 249(5) pp. With 40 photos. Hardplastic on cloth Gelungene Neuausgabe des berühmten Buches in extravagantem massiven Hartplastik-cover. Mit bildlich nachgestellten Szenen aus dem Film. Mit runden Seiten, statt eckigen. Tadelloses Exemplar der seltenen und gesuchten Ausgabe (Auflage 425 Exemplare). This edition of 'The Big Sleep' is limited to 425 copies. The book was designed and printed under the direction of Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press. Members of the Press include Mary Bisbee, Matthew Kelsey, Gerald Reddan, Glenn Todd and Lawrence Van Velzer. The types are Scott Roman and Futura Black for display. The Monotype was composed by Mackenzie-Harris. The photo-lithography was printed by Phelps-Schaefer in blue/black duotone over double opaque white, finished with a double varnish. The paper is Mohawk Superfine. Binding was done by Schuberth Bookbindery. This is the nineteenth publication of the Arion Press and the third in its series of classic detective fiction. Completed in the spring of 1986. - Fresh copy. Mint copy. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, thus. Publisher's binding of decorated plastic hinged with cloth. A fine copy in the original cardboard box. Included are two original 8 x 10' photographs used in the book: 'Raymond Chandler's Grave' (page 6) and 'Agnes in Geiger's Bookshop' (page 40). Each of these has been signed in the lower margin, the second also captioned by Stoumen 'from ÔThe Big Sleep'.' The photographer was a two time Academy Award winner (1957 and 1962) in the documentary category, and was also nominated for his film about Weegee, 'The Naked Eye' in 1956. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.