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Raymond Chandler. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. First edition. Dust jacket missing, save the front flap which is pasted to the f.f.e.p. Mild damage to front hinge. Cocking to spine. Some toning to leaves and p.d.'s. Spots of soiling to edges of text block and some leaves. Stamp and library pouch to f.p.d. VG/---.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Binding sound, text unmarked, moderate shelfwear. Spine leans. Some occasional foxing and slight stains. No jacket. "Property of Salisbury Public Library" handwritten on endpaper but no other trace of that provenance. Digital images available on request.
Seller: Raritan River Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Duodecimo. 5.25 x 7.5 in. 240 pp. Very good in the original brown cloth boards that have wear along the bottom edges and corners. The pages have some age-related toning and have an occasional stray pencil mark.
Seller: Bagatelle Books, IOBA, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Chandler, Raymond. THE HIGH WINDOW. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942 [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 & goldenrod cloth, 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
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing of the First Edition. No jacket. Ink ownership note to the front end paper. Shelf wear. Some darkening to the end papers, cover wear. Overall, not a bad copy. ; 7.9 X 5.4 X 0.9 inches; 240 pages
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond.. The High Window.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1942.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp [x], 240, [2].Small bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Endpapers a bit tanned. Inkstamp partially erased from title-page. Some rubbing to edges of covers. Good. Facsimile dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
CHANDLER, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Date stamps on front pastedown and a small, faint stationers stamp on rear pastedown, presumably a private lending library copy, a bit cocked, smdging on one page, and a couple of pages dog-eared, a presentable, good copy without dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 240 pp. very minor stain to upper front corner and the crown of the spine and slightly cocked else a very good copy in a somewhat worn d.j. that is separated at the rear panel and lacks much of the spine. jacket has a piece of tape at the spine also. a modestly presentable copy in a jacket that needs work. [NB: rear board has a very small dent at the bottom edge]
Seller: stephens bookstore, scranton, PA, U.S.A.
Raymond Chandler. The High Window. Alfred A Knopf, 1942.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Pages are toned due to age. Facsimile dust jacket.
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery, ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond.. The High Window.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 240 [1] pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. This copy was formerly in an old black-edged dust jacket protector and shows narrow black stripes along the top and bottom edges of the cloth, as well as wear to the cloth, darkening to the endsheets and some scattered staining to the text. As is commonly seen in jackets so "protected," it was trimmed in height and is about 1/5" shorter than the volume. with a blackish stain showing on recto and verso.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. [viii], 240 pp. Publisher's light brown cloth with dark crimson lettering. Very Good condition with spine lean, light wear, typical slight offsetting to endpapers. No dust jacket. The third of Chandler's acclaimed Philip Marlowe novels, wherein Marlowe is hired by an old Pasadena lush, Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock, to find an 18th Century coin called the Brasher Doubloon. The basis of two '40s films: Time to Kill and The Brasher Doubloon.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. [viii], 240 pp. Publisher's light brown cloth with dark crimson lettering. Very Good condition with spine lean and slight crease, former owner's name and info on front paste down, a some lightly dog-eared pages, typical slight offsetting to endpapers. No dust jacket. The third of Chandler's acclaimed Philip Marlowe novels, wherein Marlowe is hired by an old Pasadena lush, Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock, to find an 18th Century coin called the Brasher Doubloon. The basis of two '40s films: Time to Kill and The Brasher Doubloon.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Raymond Chandler. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1942.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG. No Dustjacket. Stated First Edition, Year on Title page same as copyright page.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering. 240pp. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else tight and internally quite nice. Lacks jacket, else a tight and decent first edition of the third novel featuring Chandler's L.A. detective Philip Marlowe -- and bearing two choice, relevant autograph additions: Tipped to front pastedown are signatures of the two leading men who portrayed him in film versions of this novel! At top is LLOYD NOLAN, who boldly signs a heavy stock 5" X 3" card in black ballpoint, dating it 26 November 1984 at upper right. Fine. Below this is an irregularly-trimmed, roughly oval 4¼" X 3" slip boldly signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint by GEORGE MONTGOMERY: "Best Wishes / to Donald Burnell / George Montgomery." Very good. Small tape stain at upper and lower margin, barely touching upon a couple of letters. Nolan (1902-85) was a reliable cops-and-robbers actor who played Marlowe (renamed Michael Shayne here) in the 1942 "Time to Kill," and Montgomery (1916-2000) was a prolific actor remembered for Westerns who played Marlowe in the 1947 film noir "The Brasher Doubloon." Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Nolan's original transmittal envelope with recipient's name/address in his hand. Most unusual copy.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: Knopf, 1942. Copyright page states "FIRST EDITION." Book very good, signed by previous owner on front free end-paper. DJ good, separated at front joint, reinforced on the inside by brown paper. Dj is 3/8" shorter than the book. DJ flap price reads "$2.00." Comes in a specially made custom cloth slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine leather bound first edition,rebound, 1942. A beautiful copy with fine brown leather, gilt detailing on the spine and marbled end papers. Pages 17 and 19 have a small piece at upper right corner missing, pages themselves show some use. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Comes housed in a custom slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [8]+240+[1, blank]+[1, imprint] pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's light brown cloth stamped in purple in original pictorial jacket. with a contract between CBS Television and Raymond Chandler signed laid in. (Bruccoli A3.1.a. From the Gary Munson Collection) First edition. Contract between CBS Television and Raymond Chandler, regarding "an adaptation and dramatization" of the work entitled "THE KING IN YELLOW." Signed at the conclusion in ink by Chandler, who also adds his initials to two corrections on the first page. Two pages, 8.5 x 11, July 10, 1953. It is his third novel featuring the Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe. Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the 40s and 50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. In The High Window, Marlowe starts out on the trail of a single stolen coin and ends up knee-deep in bodies. His client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husbands collection. Thats the simple part. But Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. If Marlowe doesnt wrap this one up fast, hes going to end up in jail - or worse, in a box in the ground. Condition: Moderate edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, some scuffing to boards, spine slightly sunned, head and tail pushed with light fraying. Binding somewhat cocked, text block edges toned, off-setting to endpapers, bookseller notation to front free end leaf recto, intermittent thumbing to fore-edge margin, penciled date to copyright page. Otherwise, internally clean and bright. Dust jacket unclipped, priced "$2.00 net" to inner front flap, some soiling, spine heavily sunned, chipping and tearing along edges, wear along spine folds with large split along rear fold, loss to head and tail affecting text, verso heavily toned. else very good in a good jacket.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$2123.18 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition stated, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in brown cloth w/brown dec. and titles. Near Fine book in like unclipped ORIGINAL DJ worn at spine tips and corners, now in clear protective cover. Book has moderate slant, else Fine; binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. A Philip Marlowe novel by the author of "The Big Sleep". 240pp.
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth, front board and spine stamped in dark brown. Very Good with faint light wear to cloth at extremities; endsheets offset from binders glue and former owner name written to front free endpaper, pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket with toning heaviest at the spine panel, wear at the extremities and chipping at the spine ends. The third of Chandler's acclaimed Philip Marlowe novels, wherein Marlowe is hired by an old Pasadena lush, Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock, to find an 18th Century coin called the Brasher Doubloon. The basis of two '40s films: Time to Kill and The Brasher Doubloon.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Slightly cocked, near fine copy in a nice, near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears at the extremities. Chandler's third Philip Marlowe novel filmed twice, first as *Time to Kill* in 1943, and then in 1947 as *The Brasher Doubloon* with George Montgomery as Marlowe. A nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's printed price of $2.00 present on the front flap of the dustjacket with light wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's tan cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
CHANDLER, Raymond.. The High Window.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942, 1942.
Price: US$6404.32 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, of the author's third novel featuring the hardboiled Los Angeles detective Philip Marlowe. It has been filmed twice, first as Time to Kill in 1942 and then as The Brasher Doubloon in 1947. Bruccoli A3.1.a. Octavo. Original light brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in brown, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Light bumps to spine ends; jacket price-clipped and stamped "Printed in the USA" on the front flap, as issued for export, spine slightly toned, extremities lightly nicked and creased, else remarkably bright: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CHANDLER, Raymond.. The High Window.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1942.
Price: US$7044.75 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp [x], 240, [2]. His third novel.Small faint stain to top edge. Some tanning to pastedowns. Very good indeed in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly nicked and rubbed at the edges. A bright copy.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.00 printed price present with light wear to the spine and edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the panels. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy with the original dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Raymond Chandler. The High Window. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942, 1942.
Price: US$10159.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Published on the 17th of August in an edition of 6 500 copies. Book is about fine with corners a little bumped and the usual binder s glue staining on pastedown. Dustwrapper with a slightly creased back flap and very minor wear. Not restored in any way. Comes with an elaborate custom-made slip case. This item part of our "Catalogue 9 - Raymond Chandler", which you can view at ygrbooks.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
Chandler, Raymond. THE HIGH WINDOW. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942.
Price: US$28000.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, one of 6,500 copies. Octavo (19.75cm); light brown cloth, with titles stamped in maroon on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],240,[6]pp. The Florence & Edward Kaye copy, with their gilt-stamped morocco bookplate mounted to front pastedown. Housed in a custom clamshell case. Some offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers from binders glue, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with some pinpoint wear to extremities, else Fine and unrestored, without the usual sunning to the spine panel. Housed in a custom half-morocco clamshell case. Chandler's third novel, set largely in Pasadena, with a complex plot involving counterfeiting, blackmail, and the theft of a rare and valuable American coin. Basis for John Brahm's 1947 film noir The Brasher Doubloon, starring Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz Kortner, and George Montgomery as Philip Marlowe. A superior copy. Bruccoli A3.1.a; Barzun & Taylor 733; The Dark Page, Vol.1, pp.66-67.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.