The Big Sleep

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition. An attractive, unrestored example of the author's first book, a cornerstone of noir detective fiction, and basis for the 1946 Howard Hawks film noir, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Front hinge starting, evidence of erasure to the front endpaper, overall Very Good plus in a bright, Very Good plus dust jacket with a couple of faint scratches to the front panel, some light rubbing to the edges and top left edge of the spine, and a diagonal crease to the bottom rear panel. In a custom black and blue quarter-leather clamshell box.

[Book #173131]