"A Man Called Spade" in the American Magazine, July 1932
Hammett, Dashiell, Contributor
Published by Crowell Publishing, NY, 1932
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Softcover
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Complete original single issue magazine. Vol. CXIV, no. 1. "A Man Called Spade" is complete in this issue. Front cover has a 4" x 1.5" loss to bottom edge. Else minor soil, minor general wear. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Seller Inventory # 33916
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Title: "A Man Called Spade" in the American ...
Publisher: Crowell Publishing, NY
Publication Date: 1932
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good-
Edition: First Edition.
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A Man Called Spade // [complete.in] // The American Magazine / July 1932 / Col. CXIV, No.1
Published by
Crowell Publishing Co; NY; 128 pp.; Wraps; Good; 1932/1932, 1932
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. ___Layman=C.122_____The first appearance of this Sam Spade short story, complete in this issue. _____ Also includes: . _____ Dinosaur hunter Roy Chapman Andrews contrasts the dangers of expeditions to the Gobi Desert to roaming the streets of New York. _____ A long distance bus driver provides an anecdotal insight into his life on the road. _____ The covers are moderately soiled with fraying to the bottom edge of the front cover and first leaf. _____ One illustration has been cut out of the Edison Marshall short story. _____. Seller Inventory # R-43352
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The American Magazine July 1932 - You Can't Put Out the Sun, A Man Called Spade, The Knight's Errand, and others
Published by
The Crowell Publishing Co, Springfield, OH, 1932
Used
Stapled
First Edition
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Stapled. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. John E Sheriden (cover), Charles S Chapman (You Can't Put Out the Sun), Joseph Clement (A Man Called Spade), George Howe (The Knight's Errand) (illustrator). First Edition. The July 1932 issue of The American Magazine. Contains You Can't Put Out the Sun, an article by poet Archibald Rutledge, A Man Called Spade, a short story by Dashiell Hammett, The Knight's Errand, a short story by Octavus Roy Cohen, and others, Numerous vintage ads. Condition issues include soiling to the covers and spine, a .375" closed tear at the bottom left fore edge of the rear cover that diminishes & fades out by page 121, (2.75"), 1" loss at the top of the spine, and a 1" closed tear at the right spine hinge that starts at the end of the loss. Missing pages 67/68 (Campbell Soup & Chevrolet Automobiles ads). No stories or articles seem to be affected. A good to very good copy of a vintage magazine with a short story by a prominent and collectible author. Seller Inventory # 010872
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"A Man Called Spade": first appearance in The American Magazine, July 1932
Published by
Crowell, Springfield, OH, 1932
Used
Softcover
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First appearance of the Dashiell Hammett short story, "A Man Called Spade," in the July 1932 issue of The American Magazine, a monthly publication featuring fiction, articles, and illustrations. Hammett's story is illustrated by Joseph Clement, and the author receives a front cover credit. The first of three magazine appearances of private detective protagonist Spade. Spade made his debut in Hammett's 1930 novel, "The Maltese Falcon," and made three subsequent magazine appearances in short stories. The three Sam Spade short stories were first collected in the 1944 digest, "The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories," published by Mercury. Other contributors to the issue include Octavus Roy Cohen, Beverly Smith, Archibald Rutledge, Courtney Ryley Cooper, Everett Rhodes Castle, and more, with art by Saul Tepper, Weldon Trench, C. Peter Helck, Harvey Dunn, and more. Cover art by John E. Sheridan. Approximately 8.5. x 11.5 inches, perfect-bound. Very Good, with a moderate chips to the wrappers, an owner label, brief ink annotations on the rear wrapper and first page. Layman A11.1.a., C 122. Seller Inventory # 135409
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A Man Called Spade (As Found in the American Magazine July, 1932)
Published by
The American Magazine, New York, NY, 1932
Used
Magazine
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Magazine. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Joseph Clement (illustrator). B&W Illustrations; This magazine includes the first ever appearance of Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett's famous stoic detective, in "A Man Called Spade". The magazine is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers of the magazine have some spots of ground-in dirt and beginning toning to the white edges. There is some beginning nicking and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the magazine covers. The text pages are clean and bright throughout. This article has been illustrated by Joseph Clement. Also included in the magazine are: If We Split Up All the Money in the Country by William Bacon Bailey, There are no Bad Times for Good Ideas by Beverly Smith, It's Safer in the Wilds by Roy Chapman Andrews, They Call Him Crazy by Charles B. Parmer, You Can't Put Out the Sun by Archibald Rutledge, What Can you Do to Make Money by Edgar C. Wheeler, He Changed the Map of a State by James C. Derieux, I'm Glad I'm Absent-Minded by Alexander Woollcott, The Admiral's Girl Friend by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Silk Train by Courtney Ryley Cooper, The Knight's Errand by Octavus Roy Cohen, Honeywell Harper Goes a-Selling! By Everett Rhodes Castle, The Tall Ladder, a Novel, Part IV by Katharine Newlin Burt, Forlorn Island, a Novel part V by Edison Marshall. Seller Inventory # A46616
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"A Man Called Spade" in American Magazine (July, 1932)
Published by
Crowell, New York and Springfield, OH, 1932
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Joseph Clement, illustrator (illustrator). First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with light rubbing, a tiny corner chip, and brief wear on the spine extremities. Seller Inventory # b44368
Quantity: 1 available