Tag: houghton mifflin

The Long Goodbye x 17

1953 Hammish Hamilton UK hardcover, the true first edition of this novel

1954 Houghton Mifflin hardcover, first US edition – (owner’s copy)

cover illustration by Lorraine

final Marlowe novel, an American classic and winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel

1954 Hammish Hamilton book club edition

August 1955 Pocket reissue, 2nd printing – (owner’s copy)

cover art by Tom Dunn

1963 Penguin UK reissue

1964 Pocket reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett

Penguin UK 1966 reissue

1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep

1971 Penguin UK reissue – cover design by James Tormey

1972 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)

1973 Ballantine movie tie-in reissue (owner’s copy)

1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Richard Williams

1985 Ballantine reissue

1988 Vintage reissue

1988 UK Vintage/Black Lizard reissue

1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue

1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue

1988 Penguin reissue

2002 Penguin UK reissue

2013 Canadian HarperCollins reissue

The Little Sister x 15

1949 Hamish Hamilton UK hardcover, the true first by three months – cover art by C.W. Bacon

1949 Houghton Mifflin hc, 1st edition – cover art by Boris Artzybasheff (owner’s copy)

1949 Pocket reissue – cover art by James Neil Boyle

1950 Pocket reissue – cover art by William Shoyer (owner’s copy)

1957 Penguin reissue

1957 Pocket reissue – cover art by Charles Binger

1966 Penguin UK reissue

1966 Penguin movie tie-in

1971 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)

1976 Ballantine reissue, 3rd print – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)

1979 Penguin reissue

1979 Pan/Macmillan reissue – cover photo by Colin Thomas

1988 Vintage/ Black Lizard reissue

1989 Penguin UK reissue

2011 Penguin UK reissue

May 30, 1936 issue

May 30, 1936

first appearance of Raymond Chandler’s “Noon Street Nemesis”, which would later be reissued as “Pick-Up on Noon Street” for The Simple Art of Murder

1950 Houghton Mifflin hardcover, first edition

surreal cover illustration by Artzybasheff