Lot 199
Lot 199
The Lady in the Lake

Raymond Chandler, 1943

    Price Realised USD 8,125
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    USD 6,000 - USD 9,000
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    The Lady in the Lake

    Raymond Chandler, 1943

    Price Realised USD 8,125
    Price Realised USD 8,125
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    The Lady in the Lake
    Raymond Chandler, 1943
    CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Lady in the Lake. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.

    Fine copy of the first edition, in dust jacket. The novel, set in a fictional version of the resort town of Big Bear, California, is the fourth in the Philip Marlowe series and a quintessential example of Chandler’s witty, tough-minded style. Bruccoli A4.1.a.

    Octavo. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket (slight toning to top edge of jacket); custom box.
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