The High Window.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering. 240pp. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else tight and internally quite nice. Item #45885
Lacks jacket, else a tight and decent first edition of the third novel featuring Chandler's L.A. detective Philip Marlowe -- and bearing two choice, relevant autograph additions: Tipped to front pastedown are signatures of the two leading men who portrayed him in film versions of this novel! At top is LLOYD NOLAN, who boldly signs a heavy stock 5" X 3" card in black ballpoint, dating it 26 November 1984 at upper right. Fine. Below this is an irregularly-trimmed, roughly oval 4¼" X 3" slip boldly signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint by GEORGE MONTGOMERY: "Best Wishes / to Donald Burnell / George Montgomery." Very good. Small tape stain at upper and lower margin, barely touching upon a couple of letters. Nolan (1902-85) was a reliable cops-and-robbers actor who played Marlowe (renamed Michael Shayne here) in the 1942 "Time to Kill," and Montgomery (1916-2000) was a prolific actor remembered for Westerns who played Marlowe in the 1947 film noir "The Brasher Doubloon." Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Nolan's original transmittal envelope with recipient's name/address in his hand. Most unusual copy.
Price: $750.00