Lady In The Lake Chandler, Raymond American Literature,Modern Firsts,Mystery And Detective Fiction

Full Description: CHANDLER, Raymond. The Lady in the Lake. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition, First and second printing before publication. In first issue unclipped dust jacket with $2.00 price. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 190 x 130 mm. [vi], 216, [1, blank], [1, note] pp. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in dark green. Edges uncut. Binding slightly skewed. Dust jacket. Jacket has minor tape repairs to inside along head and tail of spine. Some minor flaking to top and bottom edges of jacket and jacket spine. Previous owner's gift inscription dated 1943 on front free endpaper. Still overall a near fine copy. The fourth adventure of Chandler's L.A. P.I. extrordinaire, Philip Marlow. Private detective Philip Marlowe is looking for the missing wife of Derace Kingsley. Is she dead or not? And is she the lady in the lake? This novel was the basis for the 1947 first-person film noir directed by, and starring, Robert Montgomery. Bruccoli, Chandler, A4.1.b. HBS 69107. $2,000.