The Long Good-ByeAuthor: Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888 1959) Year: 1953 Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Place: London Description: 320 pages. Small octavo (7 1 2" x 5 1 4") bound in original publisher's maroon with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Jacket design by Fritz Wegner. (Bruccoli A10. 1. a.) First edition, first printing. The English edition preceded the American by a few months. The Long Good bye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published