signed first edition Original wraps
1984 · Santa Barbara
by Chandler, Raymond; Parker, Robert B.
Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 1984. Limited Edition. Original wraps. Fine. Limited edition of Backfire: Story for the Screen by Raymond Chandler, signed by fellow mystery writer, Robert B. Parker.. Octavo, [unpaginated, 12 leaves]. Original teal blue paper wraps, title in green over black on front cover. Fine condition. One of 200 copies bound in wrappers, this one numbered 9. Signed by Robert B. Parker on the limitation page. Backfire was a movie pitch written by Raymond Chandler. Despite circulation through Hollywood by Chandler's agent, H.N. Swanson, the concept was never picked-up. It was released posthumously in this limited edition format (truncated)