Hammett, Dashiell

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

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Description

Red Harvest. New York: Knopf, 1929
cloth,ink

8vo. Original red cloth, front cover with yellow-stamped skull motif, spine stamped in red and black; some fading to cloth, minor shelf wear along bottom edge. Modern morocco case.

Provenance

Henry H. Hart (presentation - likely Henry Hersch Hart, a prominent San Francisco attorney and Asian scholar who authored a number of books on his travels to China).

Literature

Layman A1.1.a.

Catalogue Note

First edition, presentation copy of the author's first book. "For Henry H. Hart / Dashiell Hammett / June 24, 1929." The work that really introduced the Continental Op to a wide readership and setting the template for the hardboiled detective.

Inscribed copies of Hammett's first novel are scarce, with only a single example at auction in the last three decades.