HAMMETT, DASHIELL

The Big Knockover. Selected Stories and Short Novels. Edited and with an Introduction by Lillian Hellman

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 in dust jacket; in a custom cloth clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

[Book #1151]

Price: $750.00