Hammett Dashiell Editor (62 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VERY GOOD Minus. ADAMS Cover art! (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 196 pages. " A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O?Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett?s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted three generations of readers. " >>Cover creasing; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good / Very Good. Adams Illustrated Cover. (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 219 pages. "Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover the jobs entail taking on a gang of modern-day freebooters, a vice-ridden hell's acre in the Arizona desert, and the bank job to end all bank jobs, along with such assorted grifters as Babe McCloor, Bluepoint Vance, Alphabet Shorty McCoy, and the Dis-and-Dat Kid." C Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. Previously published in paperback in the US by Belmont in 1961. This edition contains ten of the twenty stories in the original hardcover edition published in the US by the John Day Company in 1931. The spine has a little edge rubbing. The front cover has a two inch crease to the bottom corner and the back cover has some browning and light surface and edge wear. Browning to the page edges. A previous owner has written the same name four times on the first page and the pages are browned but otherwise unmarked. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair to Good, Reading Copy. GGA {Good Girl Art} NUDE Girl Painted Cover By Stanley Melzoff (illustrator). Second Edition. 178 pages. " A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O?Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett?s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted three generations of readers. " >> This is a reading copy! Cover creasing; 1" paper tear to front cover & first few pages, BUT story is not effected. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Jason Kelly Cover. (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. THE MALTESE FALCON = 196 pages. " A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O?Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett?s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted three generations of readers. " /// THE THIN MAN = 199 - 375 pages. >>Cover scuffing; store stamp to interior backcover. minor cover creasing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is slightly scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are bumped. Page block is lightly blemished. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 352 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 480 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. early paperback reprint edition. 432 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Vintage Books Edition. This copy is NEAR FINE; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight, but pages and edges have aged. The covers are VG: intact in all ways, including color and design, but sight wear on edges, signs of age. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Counterpoint, Washington DC, 2001.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Pristine. First Edition, First Printing. As new. Unread. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 848 pages. 9.13x7.00x1.34 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 342 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Darlene Barbara; (illustrator). First Edition. (ix) 324 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the spine; previous owner's name inside; no other interior markings. Cover art by Darlene Barbara. This collection of articles contains: The Shambles of Ed Gein - from the Quality of Murder 1960 by Robert Bloch; A Killer with Women - from Underworld Detective 1951 by Charles Burgess; Madame Murder - from Master Detective 1954 by D. L. Champion; Mystery Man Lucks and His Missing Bucks - from Exposed 1956 by Harlan Ellison; The Dancing Beauty and the Fatal Tap - from Master Detective 1949 by Robert Flaherty; The Footprint in the Snow - from Master Detective 1945 by Bruno Fischer; The Scar Faced Fugitive and the Murdered Maid - from Daring Detective 1941 by Leslie Ford; The Case of the Movie Murder - from L. A. Murders 1947 by Erle Stanley Gardner; Who Killed Bob Teal - from True Detective 1924 by Dashiell Hammett; A Scream in the Dark - from True Detective 1925 by Nunnally Johnson; Strangled - from Underworld Detective 1951 by Day Keene; Shield of the Innocent - from Detective 1951 by Eleazar Lipsky; Once Aboard the Lugger - from Detective 1952 by Stuart Palmer; The Last of Mrs Maybrick - from Detective 1943 by Patrick Quentin; Murder in Chicago - from Chicago Murders 1945 by Craig Rice; Case of the Catalogue Clue - from Master Detective 1948 by Jim Thompson; The Body in Sector R - from Master Detective 1945 by Lawrence Treat; Germany's Mistress of Crime - from True Magazine 1943 by S. S. Van Dine; Clue of the Poison Pen - from True Magazine 1942 by Lionel White; and Invaders from the Sky - from True Police Cases 1958 by Harry Whittington. Size: 8vo. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.00x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 10 Great weird tales by William Falkner, Conrad Aiken, Stephen Vincent Benet, and other masters of the horror story. Stories: A Rose for Emily - William Faulkner The House - Andre Maurois The Spider - Hanns Heinz Ewers The Witch's Vengeance - W. B. Seabrook Mr. Arcularis - Conrad Aiken The Strange Case of Mr. Arkwright - Harold Dearden The King of the Cats - Stephen Vincent Benet Beyond the Door - Paul Suter Perchance to Dream - Michael Joyce A Visitor from Egypt - Frank Belknap Jr. CONDITION: Used, good. General wear and tanning, commensurate with age. No deliberate marks. Binding good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. MAGAZINE. NICE COPY. stapled binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. MAGAZINE. NICE COPY. stapled binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 967 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. book club edition edition. 256 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 934 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Strong, square binding. Very slight wear. Previous owner's inscription on the ffep. The pages are toned but not brittle, ie. War Time Paper. Dust jacket (in mylar sleeve) is chipped at the spine tips and there is foxing on the back cover. Hard to find in dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st printing, Mar. 1974. Large trade-sized. Picture book with script of the movie. Corner wear and creasing; minor soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, first printing. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 650pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition thus. Mercury Mystery, #233. Clean and tightly bound in wraps. Very light edge wear and several creases at spine. Contents remain clean and unmarked with age-toning to pages (as expected).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lillian Hellman(Editor) (illustrator). Book Club Edition. The Big Knockover by Dashiell Hammett (Book Club Edition) A firm copy with fading to the top of the spine and bumping to the corners. Spine fade and 1-1/4 inch closed tear and rubbing to spine ends. Price-clipped. Clear protective cover. States, "First Printing." A book in the Big Knockover series. Intro. and Edited by Lilliam Hellman playwright of The Children's Hour. BOOK.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, xxxi + 441 pages, black boards. A very good, generally clean and neat hard cover over-all with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white, but foxing to the fore-edges. In a very good, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Crisp, unread copy. Remainder mark on bottom page edges, else fine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Printing. Very Good condition. Popular Library #K14.