Notebook of Raymond Chandler, 1936-1944, n.d.

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Mainly typescript, with some holograph amendments and additional notes. Selections from the notebook were published by Frank MacShane in The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler (London, 1977).

Includes:

(fols. 1-5) a list of possible titles for books and stories. n.d.
(fols. 7-10, 30) a collection of 'Similes and Gags'. n.d.
(fol. 22) poem, 'Song at Parting'. [1941?].
(fols. 23-25) plans for future writing. 1939. Printed in Raymond Chandler Speaking (1962), pp.207-209.
(fol. 29) 'Descriptive Note', later used in Farewell My Lovely. n.d.
(fol. 36) outline of 'Professor Bingo's Snuff'. 1943.
(fols. 41-49) 'Twelve Notes on the Mystery Story', a version of 'Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel' (see also MS. Chandler 2, fols. 83-88; MS. Chandler 16, fols. 16-23. n.d).
(fols. 53-55) notes on slang terms. n.d.
(fols. 57-62) 'Notes... on English and American Style'. n.d. Printed in Raymond Chandler Speaking, pp.80-82.
(fol. 65) 'Grandma's Boy', outline of an unwritten story. n.d.
(fols. 70-81) extracts copied from novels and newspapers. 1936-1939, n.d.