NMLP P-037128 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Long Goodbye

Raymond Chandler · Hamish Hamilton (London) · 1953

Critical precedence point: the UK Hamish Hamilton edition (November 1953) is the true first edition worldwide; the US Houghton Mifflin follows in March 1954 (about four months later). Collectors specifically seek the London first; US buyers frequently mis-call the Houghton Mifflin the 'first.'

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037128 for "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037128, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).