Publisher's archive for the midnight Raymond Chandler, 1971.

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Publisher's archive for the midnight Raymond Chandler, 1971.

The collection comprises the publisher's archive for The midnight Raymond Chandler, published in 1971 by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass. It consists of the original manuscript hand-corrected by the book's editor, Joan Kahn, as well as extensive annotations by the printer; the long printer's galleys corrected and annotated by the editor and the printer; a full proof copy of the book bound in specially printed wrappers with extra pages; and two copies of the finished first edition, one in a dust jacket, the other belonging to journalist and reviewer Adela Rogers St. John, with her ownership signature and handwritten review notes.

6 items (0.8 linear ft.) ; 34 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7685837

Oberlin College Library

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Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959

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Born Raymond Thornton Chandler in Chicago on July 23, 1888; studied at Dulwich College, London, and privately in France and Germany; began career as contributor of verse, essays, book reviews and special articles to daily and weekly papers in London, 1909; served with Canadian Expeditionary Force and R.A.F. during WWI; afterwards, returned to US to become an officer in various independent oil corporations; began writing fiction contributions to magazines in 1933; published his first novel, The b...

Kahn, Joan

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Author and editor of mystery fiction books. From the description of [Papers], 1957-1983 / Joan Kahn. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 38593891 Joan Kahn (1914-1994) was an editor of suspense novels and worked at firms including Harper and Row, Ticknor and Fields, Dutton, and St. Martin's Press during a career that spanned over forty years. In 1946 Kahn began her career at Harper Brothers where she started the Harper Novels of Suspense Department. In the ...