Title
Farewell, My Lovely
Subject
Surveillance
Standing
Men
Dandies
Buildings
Bricks
Windows
Electric signs
Cigars
Smoking
Coats
Hats
Trousers
Neckties
Handkerchiefs
barber poles
pockets (costume components)
Description
Novel 5th printing. Novel originally published 1940.
Red (bricks, sign, pole, horizon)
black (background/sky, windows), yellow (text and tie), tan (trousers and flesh), gray (jacket and hat)
A dandy man in suit and hat stands looking up at a stylized cityscape, against a backdrop of red brick, dark windowed buildings. He has one hand in pocket and the other hand holds a cigar. Before him is a red and white striped barber pole and a partly hidden red neon sign.
Banner at head of front cover: A Philip Marlowe Mystery
Banner at foot of front cover: Pocketbook Edition Complete and Unabridged
On back cover: Bad blood flows freely.
Yellow background with white text boxes and black text. No graphics.
Black background with yellow banners and red stripes, text in black and yellow.
"pbckgrou on front cover and spine
Kangaroo reading a book on back cover.
Creator
Hoffman, H. Lawrence
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
Publisher
Special Collections, University Libraries
State University of New York at Buffalo
Pocket Books
Date
1943
Contributor
Kelley, George, 1949-
Rights
Type
Book covers
Cover (Illustrations)
Mystery fiction
Crime fiction
Image
Still Image
Identifier
3
ECX1394
Date Created
8/24/2005
Date Modified
8/24/2005
Is Part Of
LIB001
Pulp Fiction Cover Art
Pocket Book (212)
Collection
Citation
Hoffman, H. Lawrence and Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959, “Farewell, My Lovely,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed May 15, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/29019.