No place of publication: no publisher, 1945. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; gift inscription on the first blank; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. More

[Book #1020]

New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hellman to Norman Mailer, “For Norman, With love, Lillian.” Mailer forayed into hard-boiled fiction with Tough Guys Don’t Dance, demonstrating that the genre, like childrens’ books, is not easily mastered even by those who have excelled elsewhere. Very good..... More

[Book #1151]

New York: Spivak et al. 1943-1962. First Editions of these digest-sized publications. Comprising the following: $106,000 Blood Money, The Adventures of Sam Spade, The Continental Op, The Return of the Continental Op, Hammett Homicides, Dead Yellow Women, Nightmare Town, The Creeping Siamese, Woman In The Dark, and A Man Named..... More

[Book #1154]

New York: Spivak, 1950. First Edition of this digest-size collection. Publisher’s wrappers; name on upper wrapper; pages yellowed as usual; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. More

[Book #1016]

Dating from July 31, 1944 - July 5, 1945, when Hammett was stationed in Alaska, typed single space (one letter is typed at one and a half spaces) on thin, air mail paper. Three of the letters are two pages, and the rest are one page each, thousands of words..... More

[Book #1310]

New York: Spivak, 1945. First Edition of this digest-size collection. Publisher’s wrappers; pages yellowed as usual; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. More

[Book #1018]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. As usual, the cloth is mottled; very good or a bit better in a creased, splitting dust jacket; spine slightly faded. This example is in green, without blurbs on the front panel. There are four variants: in red and green and with..... More

[Book #1155]

This small poster reproduces the magazine cover, featuring, among other contents, “A Complete Book-Length Novel by Dashiell Hammett/ His Brand-New Thriller - ‘The Thin Man.” Measuring approximately 8 1/2 x 11 1/4”, on card stock with a folded cardboard stand on the verso; about fine. A book edition was issued..... More

[Book #1153]