Raymond Chandler’s Little Sister is a British first edition rebinding, being 1/12 lettered with a new introduction and photo from a film adaptation.

An extract from the Introduction:

The Philip Marlowe novels are innovative genre re-defining: deftly combining elements from Arthurian legend, romance, mystery and suspense. The story typically is a twofold mystery narrative, written with a terrific sense of place, only bettered by the wry dialogue. He has an epigram for every occasion, whether in a bar or with the attorney. But his best dialogue is perhaps with the adulterous Guinivere in her guises as “woman to be rescued” or a smiling seductress – in these novels they turn out as schemers and murderesses, with names like Doloras and Carmen. They try to deceive Malowe but he is not daunted either by their personality or devious motives.

Critics are divided on whether the first four books are the canon or, indeed whether the next two – The Little Sister and The Long Good-Bye are superior. Those six novels are the cornerstone of Chandler’s craft: writing with invention, setting the scene, development of plot and character, the building of suspense, and allowing Marlowe time to cast his spell. In The Long Good-Bye Marlowe tries to clear Terry Lennox of his wife’s murder. Lennox is a fascinating character with a past. A second case involves finding a writer down on his luck, a Roger Wade. An obvious self-portrait, it is more a whodunnit than the earlier novels. For the first time in fiction Chandler returns to his roots in Britain to find the solution.