The Big Knockover Selected Stories by Dashiell Hammett Edited and With Introduction by Lillian Hellman by Dashiell Hammett - 1962

Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. ; Black cloth cover has lightly pushed in caps and toned at edge of top spine cap, otherwise near pristine Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket has wear , otherwise clean and bright. DJ protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty or improve its appearance. Pictured here without the mylar cover for an accurate visual of it's condition. ; 8.1 X 6.0 X 1.4 inches; 355 pages .

New York: Random House. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679722599 . Very Good. No jacket. Owner's name FEP. Text block soiled. Very slightly cocked. ; 7.8 X 5.2 X 1.0 inches; 480 pages .

New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (tape ghosts to endpapers and inner flaps). First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Important posthumous collection of Hammett's stories. Layman A20.1.a

New York: Random House, 1966. First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Very Good. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, Introcuction [vii-xxi] by Lillian Hellman, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with eye - chessboard - & coffin, with a B&W photo of Hammett on back panel, publisher's top stain, xxi, [xxii] + 355 pages + [3] About the Author. Dashiell Hammett (1894 - 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). <br /> <br /> Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time."--Wiki<br /> <br /> FINE / Near Fine Condition! Tight, bright, clean "First Printing" in a Very Good dust jacket (unclipped) with light wear and a few spots… Read More

New York: Random House,, 1956. First edition, first impression. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge green. With dust jacket. A fine copy in very good jacket with a short split to the head of the spine panel repaired with tape to the verso.

New York: Random House, 1966. Spiral-bound galley proofs. Unlike the seemingly ubiquitous contemporary advance copies, these were expensive, and therefore produced in very small numbers, typically distributed for in-house use, the most important reviewers, or for soliciting rights. The back wrapper is plain; the front wrapper is printed. Wrappers worn; front wrapper detached; still very good.

New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. Inscribed by Lillian Hellman to Susan Sontag (apparently); “For Susan affectionately Lillian.” Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. Inscribed by Lillian Hellman to Norman Mailer, “For Norman, With love, Lillian.” Just very good in dust jacket; in a custom cloth clamshell box. Of course, it would be better to have it inscribed by Hammett, but he had already been dead for five years, so set that wish aside. Given Mailer’s own weak attempt at hardboiled fiction (Tough Guys Don’t Dance, 1984), this is an especially good association. Despite his well-earned reputation as a writer, that book demonstrated that it is no easy task, even for someone as talented and skilled as Mailer, to write in the genre.