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Signed on the title page by illustrator Howard Chandler Christy. No dust jacket. Green ribbed cloth boards are rubbed at the corners, spine edge and head/tail, text on spine mostly worn off. Foxing preliminary pages. 1910 Bobbs-Merrill. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

First Christy-illustrated edition of this beloved poem of the Highlands, populated by beautiful "Christy Girls" - very scarce signed. Howard Chandler Christy's art of elegant, attractive women led to him being hailed as the successor to Charles Dana Gibson, and the "Gibson Girl" of the 1890s and 1900s was soon replaced by the "Christy Girl" of the 1910s. Christy would go on to illustrate a number of famous WWI recruitment posters, including the iconic 1917 "Gee I wish I were a Man, I'd Join the Navy." THE LADY OF THE LAKE was published just as the popularity of the Christy Girl was approaching its zenith, and showcases the artist's talent for depicting beautiful women (and men). Copies signed by him are very scarce. 11.5'' x 8.75''. Publisher's green cloth pictorial boards with gilt, yellow, and green stamping. Illustrated in black, white, and blue with color frontispiece and title page, with 12 color plates. [112] pages. Signed by Christy to title page, dated 1910. Binding with mild rubbing, a couple careful infills. Leaves with occasional faint soiling, a bit of rubbing to one color plate. Bright.

First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Raymond Chandler for screenwriter Seton Miller on the half-title: "For / Seton Miller / With my best / Raymond Chandler / October 19th 1943." This INSCRIBED association copy is dated the same year as the publication of the book. A wonderful copy. This FIRST ISSUE dustjacket has the publisher's $2.00 printed price present on the front flap with light wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with some wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A fabulous copy SIGNED by the author.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED to Frank Partos on the half-title page: "For Frank Partos / with love / Raymond Chandler." Partos and Chandler co-wrote the screenplay for "And Now Tomorrow" (1944), one of Chandler's few screenwriting efforts. As a screenwriter, Partos was responsible for some of the best genre films of the 1940s. His work includes "Stranger on the Third Floor" (1940), "The Uninivited" (1944), and "The Snake Pit" (1948), each groundbreaking in the areas of film noir, ghost stories, and insane asylums, respectively. The author's fourth book, and the fourth Philip Marlowe mystery. Basis for the 1947 film, directed by and starring Robert Montgomery. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with moderate wear at the extremities.

First Edition. INSCRIBED to Frank Partos on the half-title page: "For Frank Partos / with love / Raymond Chandler." Partos and Chandler co-wrote the screenplay for "And Now Tomorrow" (1944), one of Chandler's few screenwriting efforts. As a screenwriter, Partos was responsible for some of the best genre films of the 1940s. His work includes "Stranger on the Third Floor" (1940), "The Uninivited" (1944), and "The Snake Pit" (1948), each groundbreaking in the areas of film noir, ghost stories, and insane asylums, respectively. The author's fourth book, and the fourth Philip Marlowe mystery. Basis for the 1947 film, directed by and starring Robert Montgomery. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with moderate wear at the extremities.