Acquisitions (7): Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler: The Complete Novels
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Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)

Chandler's Complete Novels (1989)

[Acquired: Thursday, November 1, 2012]:

Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. 1939. Introduction by Frank MacShane. The Complete Novels, 1. London: The Folio Society, 1989.

Chandler, Raymond. Farewell My Lovely. 1939. The Complete Novels, 2. London: The Folio Society, 1989.

Chandler, Raymond. The High Window. 1943. The Complete Novels, 3. London: The Folio Society, 1989.

Chandler, Raymond. The Lady in the Lake. 1944. The Complete Novels, 4. London: The Folio Society, 1989.

Chandler, Raymond. The Little Sister. 1949. The Complete Novels, 5. London: The Folio Society, 1989.

Chandler, Raymond. The Long Goodbye. 1953. The Complete Novels, 6. London: The Folio Society, 1989.

Chandler, Raymond. Playback. 1958. The Complete Novels, 6. London: The Folio Society, 1989.

The Unicorn Bookshop in Warkworth has a long shelf of Folio Society editions of various classic books, and this one caught my eye when I was in there with David Howard a few weeks ago. This time I couldn't resist it. I love Chandler's stylised and mannered prose, and admire - above all - his ability to constantly reinvent himself.

There's no mention of an illustrator for the various prints and embellishments in this set, which seems a bit careless. It's certainly very styly, though. I see that there's an accompanying volume of short stories, but I already have those in other forms.

And here's a link to a fascinating list of all the Folio Society series (i.e.: sets of five books or more) to date.

Raymond Chandler: The Complete Novels and Stories (1989, 2006-7)

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Raymond Chandler

Raymond Thornton Chandler
(1888-1959)

Novels:


1. The Big Sleep [Based on "Killer in the Rain" (1935) & "The Curtain" (1936)] (1939)
   • The Big Sleep. 1939. Introduction by Frank MacShane. The Complete Novels, 1. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
2. Farewell, My Lovely [Based on "The Man Who Liked Dogs" (1936), "Try The Girl" (1937) & "Mandarin's Jade" (1937)] (1940)
   • Farewell My Lovely. 1939. The Complete Novels, 2. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
3. The High Window (1942)
   • The High Window. 1943. The Complete Novels, 3. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
4. The Lady in the Lake [Based on "Bay City Blues" (1938), "The Lady In The Lake" (1939), "No Crime In The Mountains" (1941)] (1943)
   • The Lady in the Lake. 1944. The Complete Novels, 4. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
5. The Little Sister [Scenes based on "Bay City Blues" (1938)] (1949)
   • The Little Sister. 1949. The Complete Novels, 5. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
6. The Long Good-bye [Scenes based on "The Curtain" (1936)] (1953)
   • The Long Goodbye. 1953. The Complete Novels, 6. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
7. Playback [Based on an unproduced screenplay] (1958)
   • Playback. 1958. The Complete Novels, 7. London: The Folio Society, 1989.
8. [with Robert B. Parker] Poodle Springs (1959 & 1989)
   • [with Robert B. Parker] Poodle Springs. 1959 & 1989. A Macdonald Book. London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1990.

Short Story Collections:


9. Five Murderers (1944)
   1. Goldfish
   2. Spanish Blood
   3. Blackmailers Don't Shoot
   4. Guns at Cyrano's
   5. Nevada Gas
10. Five Sinister Characters (1945)
    1. Trouble is My Business
    2. Pearls Are a Nuisance
    3. I'll Be Waiting
    4. The King in Yellow
    5. Red Wind
11. Red Wind (1946)
    1. Red Wind
    2. Blackmailers Don't Shoot
    3. I'll Be Waiting
    4. Goldfish
    5. Guns at Cyrano's
12. Spanish Blood (1946)
    1. Spanish Blood
    2. The King in Yellow
    3. Pearls Are a Nuisance
    4. Nevada Gas
    5. Trouble is My Business
13. Finger Man, and Other Stories (1947)
    1. Finger Man
    2. The Bronze Door
    3. Smart-Aleck Kill
    4. The Simple Art of Murder
14. The Simple Art of Murder (1950) [SAM]
    1. Finger Man
    2. Smart-Aleck Kill
    3. Guns at Cyrano's
    4. Pick-up on Noon Street
    5. Goldfish
    6. The King in Yellow
    7. Pearls Are a Nuisance
    8. I'll Be Waiting
    9. Red Wind
    10. Nevada Gas
    11. Spanish Blood
    12. Trouble is My Business
    13. The Simple Art of Murder: An Essay
    • The Simple Art of Murder. 1950. Vintage Books. New York: Random House, 1988.
15. Trouble Is My Business (1950) [TB]
    1. Trouble Is My Business
    2. Red Wind
    3. I'll Be Waiting
    4. Goldfish
    5. Guns at Cyrano's
    • Trouble is My Business and Other Stories. 1950. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976.
16. Pick-up on Noon Street (1952)
    1. Pick-up on Noon Street
    2. Smart-Aleck Kill
    3. Guns at Cyrano's
    4. Nevada Gas
17. Smart-Aleck Kill (1953) [SAK]
    1. Smart-Aleck Kill
    2. Pick-up on Noon Street
    3. Nevada Gas
    4. Spanish Blood
    • Included in: The Chandler Collection, Volume 3: Pearls are a Nuisance / Smart-Aleck Kill / Killer in the Rain. 1958, 1953, 1964. Picador. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1984.
18. Pearls Are a Nuisance (1958) [PN]
    Introduction
    1. Pearls Are a Nuisance
    2. Finger Man
    3. The King in Yellow
    4. The Simple Art of Murder: An Essay
    • Included in: The Chandler Collection, Volume 3: Pearls are a Nuisance / Smart-Aleck Kill / Killer in the Rain. 1958, 1953, 1964. Picador. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1984.
19. Killer in the Rain (1964) [KR]
    1. Killer in the Rain
    2. The Man Who Liked Dogs
    3. The Curtain
    4. Try the Girl
    5. Mandarin's Jade
    6. Bay City Blues
    7. The Lady in the Lake
    8. No Crime in the Mountains
    • Included in: The Chandler Collection, Volume 3: Pearls are a Nuisance / Smart-Aleck Kill / Killer in the Rain. 1958, 1953, 1964. Picador. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1984.
20. The Smell of Fear (1965) [SoF]
    Introduction
    1. Blackmailers Don't Shoot
    2. Pearls Are a Nuisance
    3. Finger Man
    4. The King in Yellow
    5. Smart-Aleck Kill
    6. Pick-up on Noon Street
    7. Nevada Gas
    8. Spanish Blood
    9. Trouble is My Business
    10. Red Wind
    11. I'll Be Waiting
    12. Goldfish
    13. Guns at Cyrano's
    14. The Pencil
    • The Smell of Fear. 1965. London: Book Club Associates / Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1983.
21. Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels. Ed. Frank MacShane. Library of America, 79 (1995) [LoA1]
    Pulp Stories:
    1. Blackmailers Don’t Shoot
    2. Smart-Aleck Kill
    3. Finger Man
    4. Nevada Gas
    5. Spanish Blood
    6. Guns at Cyrano’s
    7. Pick-Up on Noon Street
    8. Goldfish
    9. Red Wind
    10. The King in Yellow
    11. Pearls Are a Nuisance
    12. Trouble Is My Business
    13. I’ll Be Waiting
22. Collected Stories (2002) [CS]
    1. Blackmailers Don't Shoot
    2. Smart-Aleck Kill
    3. Finger Man
    4. Killer in the Rain
    5. Nevada Gas
    6. Spanish Blood
    7. Guns at Cyrano's
    8. The Man Who Liked Dogs
    9. Pickup on Noon Street
    10. Goldfish
    11. The Curtain
    12. Try the Girl
    13. Mandarin's Jade
    14. Red Wind
    15. The King in Yellow
    16. Bay City Blues
    17. The Lady in the Lake
    18. Pearls are a Nuisance
    19. Trouble is My Business
    20. I'll Be Waiting
    21. The Bronze Door
    22. No Crime in the Mountains
    23. Professor Bingo's Snuff
    24. The Pencil
    25. English Summer
    • Collected Stories. Introduction by John Bayley. Everyman's Library, 257. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

Stories:


1. Blackmailers Don't Shoot (December 1933) [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
2. Smart-Aleck Kill (July 1934) [SAM] [SAK] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
3. Finger Man (October 1934) [SAM] [PN] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
4. Killer in the Rain (January 1935) [KR] [CS]
5. Nevada Gas (June 1935) [SAM] [SAK] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
6. Spanish Blood (November 1935) [SAM] [SAK] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
7. Guns at Cyrano's (July 1936) [SAM] [TB] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
8. The Man Who Liked Dogs (March 1936) [KR] [CS]
9. Pickup on Noon Street [aka "Noon Street Nemesis"] (May 30, 1936) [SAM] [SAK] [SoF][LoA1] [CS]
10. Goldfish (June 1936) [SAM] [TB] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
11. The Curtain (September 1936) [KR] [CS]
12. Try the Girl (January 1937) [KR] [CS]
13. Mandarin's Jade (November 1937) [KR] [CS]
14. Red Wind (January 1938) [SAM] [TB] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
15. The King in Yellow (March 1938) [SAM] [PN] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
16. Bay City Blues (June 1938) [KR] [CS]
17. The Lady in the Lake (January 1939) [KR] [CS]
18. Pearls are a Nuisance (April 1939) [SAM] [PN] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
19. Trouble is My Business (August 1939) [SAM] [TB] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
20. I'll Be Waiting (October 14, 1939) [SAM] [TB] [SoF] [LoA1] [CS]
21. The Bronze Door (November 1939) [CS]
22. No Crime in the Mountains (September 1941) [KR] [CS]
23. The Little Sister [Prepublication abridgement] (April 1949)
24. Professor Bingo's Snuff (June-July, 1951) [CS]
25. Playback [Serialisation] (October-November 1958)
26. The Pencil [aka "Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate", "Wrong Pigeon" & "Philip Marlowe's Last Case"] (April, 1959) [SoF] [CS]
27. English Summer (August 1976) [ES] [CS]

Miscellaneous:


23. Raymond Chandler on Writing [Pamphlet with material from Raymond Chandler Speaking] (1962)
24. Raymond Chandler Speaking. Ed. Dorothy Gardiner and Kathrine Sorley Walker (1962)
    • Raymond Chandler Speaking. Ed. Dorothy Gardiner & Kathrine Sorley Walker. 1962. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977.
25. Chandler before Marlowe: Raymond Chandler's Early Prose and Poetry, 1908–1912. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli (1973)
26. The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler, and "English Summer: A Gothic Romance". Ed. Frank MacShane (1976) [ES]
    • The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler & English Summer: A Gothic Romance. Ed. Frank MacShane. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. 1976. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977.
27. Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration [23 stories by various writers; also Chandler's "The Pencil"] (1990)
28. Raymond Chandler: Later Novels and Other Writings. Ed. Frank MacShane. Library of America, 80 (1995) [LoA2]
    Selected Essays:
    1. The Simple Art of Murder
    2. Writers in Hollywood
    3. Twelve Notes on the Mystery Story
    4. Notes on English and American Style
    5. Introduction to The Simple Art of Murder
29. The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Non-Fiction, 1909–1959. Ed. Tom Hiney and Frank MacShane (2000) [RCP]
    • The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Non-Fiction, 1909-1959. Ed. Tom Hiney & Frank MacShane. 2000. London: Penguin, 2001.
30. [with music by Julian Pascal] The Princess and the Pedlar [comic operetta libretto] 1917 (2014)

Articles, Essays, Reviews:


1. Review of The Broad Highway by Jeffery Farnol (March 18, 1911)
2. The Remarkable Hero (September 9, 1911) [RCP]
3. The Literary Fop (November 4, 1911)
4. Review of The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn (December 23, 1911)
5. Realism and Fairyland (January 6, 1912) [RCP]
6. The Tropical Romance (January 20, 1912)
7. Houses to Let (February 24, 1912)
8. The Art of Loving and Dying: Review of The Drama of Love and Death by Edward Carpenter (June 22, 1912)
9. The Rural Labourer at Home: Review of Change in the Village by George Bourne (June 22, 1912)
10. The Phrasemaker (June 29, 1912)
11. Letter: About the Article on Floral Arrangement (June 15, 1937)
12. A Second Letter from R C Esq (July 1, 1937)
13. The Simple Art of Murder (December 1944) [SAM] [PN] [LoA2]
14. Writers in Hollywood (November 1945) [LoA2]
15. The Hollywood Bowl: Review of The Golden Egg by James Pollock (January 1947)
16. Letter: 'Pros' and Cons (May 1947)
17. Critical Notes (July 1947)
18. Oscar Night in Hollywood (March 1948)
19. Studies in Extinction: Review of Murders Plain and Fanciful by James Sandoe (April 1948)
20. 10 Greatest Crimes of the Century (October 1948)
21. Introduction to The Simple Art of Murder (April 15, 1950) [PN] [SoF] [LoA2]
22. Letter (May 1951)
23. Ten Per Cent of Your Life (February 1952)
24. Autobiographical note (July 1952)
25. Letter: Ruth Ellis — Should She Hang (June 30, 1955)
26. A Letter From London (September 1955)
27. Bonded Goods: Review of Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming (March 25, 1956)
28. Guest Column: Crosstown with Neil Morgan (March 1, 1957)
29. Raymond Chandler Writes a Blunt Letter to the Daily Express (June 18, 1957)
30. A Star Writer's Advice to Writers (and Editors) (June 18, 1957)
31. Guest Column: Crosstown with Neil Morgan (July 12, 1957)
32. Guest Column: Crosstown with Neil Morgan (March 8, 1958)
33. The Terrible Dr No: Review of Dr. No by Ian Fleming (March 30, 1958)
34. Detective Story as an Art Form (March 1959)
35. Guest Column: Crosstown with Neil Morgan (August 25, 1959)
36. Ian Fleming; Raymond Chandler [includes letters from Chandler] (December 1959)
37. Private Eye [Prepublication excerpts from Raymond Chandler Speaking] (February 25, 1962)
38. Farewell, My Hollywood [aka "A Qualified Farewell"] (June 1976) [ES]

Screenplays:


1. [With Billy Wilder] Double Indemnity [based on the novella by James M. Cain] (1944) [LoA2]
2. [With Frank Partos] And Now Tomorrow [based on the novel by Rachel Field] (1944)
3. [With Hagar Wilde] The Unseen [based on the novel by Ethel Lina White] (1945)
4. The Innocent Mrs. Duff [unproduced; based on The Innocent Mrs. Duff (1946)
5. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
   • The Blue Dahlia, dir. George Marshall, writ. Raymond Chandler – with Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix – (USA, 1946) [DVD]
6. Playback [unproduced] (1947–48)
7. [With Czenzi Ormonde] Strangers on a Train [based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith] (1951)

Poems:


1. The Unknown Love (December 19, 1908)
2. The Poet's Knowledge (March 3, 1909)
3. The Soul's Defiance (March 5, 1909)
4. The Wheel (March 25, 1909)
5. Art (April 16, 1909)
6. A Woman's Way (April 22, 1909) [RCP]
7. The Quest (June 2, 1909)
8. When I was King (June 9, 1909)
9. The Hour of Chaos (June 18, 1909)
10. The Bed of Roses (June 29, 1909)
11. The Reformer (July 29, 1909)
12. The Perfect Knight (September 30, 1909)
13. The Pilgrim in Mediation (November 8, 1909)
14. The Pioneer (November 17, 1909)
15. The Hermit (February 28, 1910)
16. The Dancer (May 14, 1910)
17. The Death of the King (July 16, 1910)
18. The Clay God (January 4, 1911)
19. The Unseen Planets (April 21, 1911)
20. The Tears That Sweeten Woe (May 1, 1911)
21. The Fairy King (May 3, 1911)
22. Untitled (June 16, 1911)
23. The Genteel Artist (August 19, 1911)
24. An Old House (November 15, 1911)
25. The King (March 1, 1912)
26. Time Shall Not Die (April 25, 1912)

Letters:


31. Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox: Letters (1979)
32. Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler. Ed. Frank MacShane (1981)
    • Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler. Ed. Frank MacShane. 1981. Papermac. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1983.

Secondary:


33. Gross, Miriam, ed. The World of Raymond Chandler. Introduction by Patricia Highsmith. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977.
34. MacShane, Frank. The Life of Raymond Chandler. 1976. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.

Library of America: The Raymond Chandler Edition (1995)

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