THE BIG SLEEP

by Raymond Chandler

Copyright 1939 by Raymond Chandler.

All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-14417

SBN 345-22201-6-095

This edition published by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

First U.S. Printing: April, 1971.

Cover art by Tom Adams.

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