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HAMMETT | The Thin Man,1934

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May 12, 01:41 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 GBP

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HAMMETT, DASHIELL

The Thin Man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934


8vo, FIRST EDITION, original jade green cloth, upper cover with central design of blue mask and red border, spine with geometrical design lettered in dark blue and reverse, lower cover with "Borzoi" device, top edge claret red, dust-jacket green variant with "Recommended by the Book-of-the-Month Club" affixed, boards slightly soiled, dust-jacket worn with small chipping at extremities and creasing


FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S LAST NOVEL.


The Thin Man introduces the married detectives Nick and Nora Charles; although they were featured in a series of six films, Hammett never wrote a sequel to the novel.


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