CHANDLER, RAYMOND. 1888-1959. The High Window. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.

The Library of David Lloyd, Part ICHANDLER, RAYMOND. 1888-1959.
The High Window. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. 8vo. Original ecru cloth stamped in maroon, dust jacket. Some darkening to pastedowns, light shelfwear to head and tail of spine; jacket with 1/2 inch closed tear to upper right corner of upper panel; small closed tear to lower center of spine, very light shelfwear.FIRST EDITION of Chandler's third novel that finds Marlowe chasing down the Brasher doubloon, a valuable gold coin that leaves a slew of dead bodies in its wake. Bruccoli A3.1.a