Notebooks of Raymond Chandler – English Summer: A Gothic Romance (1st Ed. 1976)

Description: The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler – English Summer: A Gothic Romance (1st Ed., 1976) During a period of 20 years—from his start as a young writer for H. L. Mencken’s classic pulp magazine The Black Mask in the early 1930s, through the publication of his novels “The Big Sleep” and “Farewell, My Lovely” to his career as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1940s—Raymond Chandler kept a series of private notebooks. Drawn from those journals, “The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler” offers an intimate view of the writer at work, revealing early ideas, descriptions and anecdotes that would later be used in “The Long Goodbye,” “The Blue Dahlia” and other classics. Filled with both public and private writings, “The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler” includes “Marlowesque” particulars such as pickpocket lingo, San Quentin jailhouse slang, a “Note on the Tommygun,” and musings on “Craps.” Here, too, are surprising, lesser known essays on Hollywood, the mystery story, British and American writing, and a wicked parody of Hemingway. This sampler—by turns whimsical, provocative, irreverent, and fascinating—also contains a list of possible story titles; “Chandlerisms;” and his short work “English Summer: A Gothic Romance,” which the writer viewed as a turning point in his career. This 113-page first-edition book, with dustjacket (price-clipped), was published in 1976 by Ecco Press. Condition: The book and dustjacket are both in very good condition, with no significant wear. The dustjacket is housed in a protective Mylar cover. Shipping via U.S. Postal Service Media Mail includes tracking. PLEASE NOTE: Condition descriptions are as thorough as possible, but descriptions by their nature are subjective, particularly for vintage items. Please use the zoom feature on the photographs with this listing to take a closer look. All condition issues are noted to the best extent possible, but questions about conditions described are always welcomed, encouraged and answered as quickly as possible.

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Location: Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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