Raymond Chandler

CHANDLER, RAYMOND, 1888 to 1959

Raymond Chandler

American novelist and screenwriter.

Books
12
Editions tracked
22
First editions
12
Nationality
United States

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Earliest first editionThe Big SleepHamish Hamilton, 1939 Most editions trackedFarewell, My Lovely2 editions
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First editions, year by year

  1. 1939The Big SleepHamish Hamilton
  2. 1940Farewell, My LovelyKnopf
  3. 1942The High WindowGrosset & Dunlap
  4. 1943The Lady in the LakeKnopf
  5. 1949The Little SisterHamish Hamilton
  6. 1950The Simple Art of MurderHamish Hamilton
  7. 1953The Long Good-ByeHamish Hamilton
  8. 1953The Raymond Chandler OmnibusHamish Hamilton
  9. 1958PlaybackHamish Hamilton
  10. 1964Killer in the RainHamish Hamilton
  11. 1972Trouble Is My BusinessBallantine Books
  12. 1989Poodle SpringsG.P. Putnam's Sons
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Raymond Chandler was born in 1888 and died in 1959.

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We track 12 books by Raymond Chandler across 22 editions, 12 of them first editions.

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