Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler

1888 - 1959

Raymond Chandler was an American screenwriter and novelist. Chandler was a detective fiction writer and published seven novels and additionally short stories. His fame rests on the sequence of novels featuring Philip Marlowe, The Big Sleep (1939), his masterpieces are: Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Little Sister (1949), and The Long Goodbye (1953). 

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Item #305743 Killer in the Rain. With an introduction by Philip Durham. Raymond Chandler

‘about as unobtrusive as a tarantula on a slice of angel-food’

Item 305743Killer in the Rain. With an introduction by Philip Durham.

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London: Hamish Hamilton, [1964]. First edition. ‘about as unobtrusive as a tarantula on a slice of angel-food’. The first posthumous collection of Chandler's early stories, with Durham's pioneering appreciation of Chandler's art and technique. Read More Item Details for Killer in the Rain. With an introduction by Philip Durham Add to Wish List

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Item #233756 Original Typed Document, signed in ink (“Raymond Chandler”), dated 29 May 1942,...

Chandler Sells Part of His Soul

Item 233756Original Typed Document, signed in ink (“Raymond Chandler”), dated 29 May 1942, assigning exclusive motion picture rights for his unpublished...

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Los Angeles: 29 May 1942. Chandler Sells Part of His Soul. Chandler assigns film rights for his third novel, completed in March 1942, here still bearing his original title, The Brasher Doubloon as well as the alternate title that Chandler gave it at Blanche Knopf’s suggestion. The High Window was.....  Read More Item Details for Original Typed Document, signed in ink (“Raymond Chandler”), dated 29 May 1942, assigning exclusive motion picture rights for his unpublished book “entitled BRASHER DOUBLOON (alternate title HIGH WINDOW)” Add to Wish List

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