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Chandler, Raymond. The Lady in the Lake. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1943.
Price: US$17500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Raymond Chandler for screenwriter Seton Miller on the half-title: "For / Seton Miller / With my best / Raymond Chandler / October 19th 1943." This INSCRIBED association copy is dated the same year as the publication of the book. A wonderful copy. This FIRST ISSUE dustjacket has the publisher's $2.00 printed price present on the front flap with light wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with some wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A fabulous copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$35000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. INSCRIBED to Frank Partos on the half-title page: "For Frank Partos / with love / Raymond Chandler." Partos and Chandler co-wrote the screenplay for "And Now Tomorrow" (1944), one of Chandler's few screenwriting efforts. As a screenwriter, Partos was responsible for some of the best genre films of the 1940s. His work includes "Stranger on the Third Floor" (1940), "The Uninivited" (1944), and "The Snake Pit" (1948), each groundbreaking in the areas of film noir, ghost stories, and insane asylums, respectively. The author's fourth book, and the fourth Philip Marlowe mystery. Basis for the 1947 film, directed by and starring Robert Montgomery. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with moderate wear at the extremities.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.