The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus The Thin Man ; the Maltese Falcon ; the Glass Key ; the Dain Curse ; Red Harvest & Four Short Stories
by Hammett, Dashiell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1950. First thus. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, Dj shows tears, chipping and creasing. Light foxing present on endpapers and flaps. ; A tight solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; A Crime Connoisseur Book; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 955 pages; The book contains the five Hammett classic mysteries: The Thin Man, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, The Dain Curse and Red Harvest - complete and unabridged as well as four short stories: House Dick, Dead Yellow Women, The Golden Horseshoe and Who Killed Bob Teal? These short stories have appeared in digest form previously. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19366
- Title
- The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus The Thin Man ; the Maltese Falcon ; the Glass Key ; the Dain Curse ; Red Harvest & Four Short Stories
- Author
- Hammett, Dashiell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First thus
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- dashiell hammett, Continental Op, sam spade
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...