NMLP P-025305 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1939

First printing (Bruccoli A1.1.a), collating [viii], 277, [1, note on the type], [2, blank] pages, with 'FIRST EDITION' and the Borzoi device on the copyright page and the line 'Published February, 1939.' Bound in publisher's orange V-cloth, the spine and front board lettered and decorated in blue with the Borzoi device stamped in blue on the rear board, and the top edge stained blue

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-025305 for "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-025305, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).