Raymond Chandler LADY IN THE LAKE First Edition Leather Start Price USD 2,000.00 Current Price USD 2,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 05, 2008 End Time Friday, December 05, 2008 Location GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA See more about 'Raymond Chandler LADY IN THE LAKE First Edition Leather' Description THE LADY IN THE LAKE Fine Leather Binding by Raymond Chandler New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition, first printing. Bound in full emerald green morocco leather with gilt-tooled and decoratively stamped spine, rules and gilt-tooled covers, with gilt-decorated edges. A very handsome example of Raymond Chandler's classic mystery!The basis of the classic 1947 MGM film starring Robert Mongomery as Philip Marlowe.Jacques Barzun & Wendell Taylor in their classic work, A CATALOGUE OF CRIME, go even further, remarking that THE LADY IN THE LAKE is a "superb tale" which "moves through a maze of puzzles and disclosures to its perfect conclusion. Marlowe makes a greater use of physical clues and ratiocination in this exploit than any other.It is Chandler's masterpiece of true detection!PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by eBay Seller's Assistant Basic. Place a Bid!