CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Long Good-Bye. London: Hamish Hamilton, [1953]. 8vo, original maroon boards; pictorial dust jacket (slightly rubbed at extremities, a small edge tear); blue pigskin folding case. FIRST EDITION, preceding the American edition by nearly four months. Bruccoli A10.1.a; Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939, p. 63 (see quote in following lot). A very good copy.