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$106,000 BLOOD MONEY.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, n.d., [1943]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-126 [127-128], pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bestseller Mystery, No. B40. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel. First book publication. Both stories first appeared in Black Mask. Layman A9.1.
THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE AND OTHER STORIES.
[New York]: Lawarence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1944]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bestseller Mystery #B-50. Original wrappers, digest size format. Author's first book of short fiction. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Collects seven fictions, three that feature Sam Spade. Hubin p. 369. Layman A11.1a.
THE BIG KNOCKOVER.
[New York: Jonathan Press, Inc.] n.d., [1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Jonathan Press No. J36. Digest size magazine format. First published by Spivak publications as $106,000 BLOOD MONEY. This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel. Both stories first appeared in Black Mask. Hubin, p. 369. Laymon A9.4.
BLOOD MONEY.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1943]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-188 [189-192: blank], original red textured boards, front and spine stamped in black. First hardcover edition. First published Bestseller Mystery in June 1943, this hardcover is dated October, 1943. This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel, featuring the Continental Op. Both stories first appeared in Black Mask pulp magazine. Layman, A9.2.a (not seen).
BLOOD MONEY.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d. [1951]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Dell 486 A mapback edition. (First published by as the Bestseller mystery B40 in 1943). This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel. (First Dell edition was #53).
THE CONTINENTAL OP.
New York: Random House, [1974]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collects seven Continental Op stories. Introduction by Steven Marcus. A companion volume to THE BIG KNOCKOVER. See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 333-34.
THE CONTINENTAL OP.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1945]. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Bestseller Mystery, No. B-62. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories originally published in Black Mask, Fly Paper, Death on Pine Street, Zigzags of Treachery and The Farewell Murder. First book publication for the second and third stories. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Hubin, p. 369. Layman A12.1.
THE CONTINENTAL OP.
New York: Random House, [1974]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collects seven Continental Op stories. Introduction by Steven Marcus. A companion volume to THE BIG KNOCKOVER. See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 333-34.
THE CONTINENTAL OP.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d., [1946]. Small octavo, cover by Gerald Gregg, pictorial wrappers. Paperback edition. Dell 129 A mapback edition. Previously published in paperback in the digest sized Bestseller Mystery series. Collects the following stories, Fly Paper, Death on Pine Street, Zigzags of Treachery and The Farewell Murder. Introduction by Ellery Queen.
THE CREEPING SIAMESE.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher [The Jonathan Press, Inc., 1950]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. First edition. Jonathan Press No. J48. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories, "The Creeping Siamese," "The Man Who Killed Dan Adams," "The Nails in Mr Cayterer," "The Joke on Eloise Morey," "Tom, Dick or Harry," and "The King of Business." First book publication for all stories except Tom, Dick or Harry. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Layman A17.1.
THE CREEPING SIAMESE.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher [The Jonathan Press, Inc., 1950]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. First edition. Jonathan Press No. J48. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories, "The Creeping Siamese," "The Man Who Killed Dan Adams," "The Nails in Mr Cayterer," "The Joke on Eloise Morey," "Tom, Dick or Harry," and "The King of Business." First book publication for all stories except Tom, Dick or Harry. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Layman A17.1.
THE CREEPING SIAMESE.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d. [1951]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Dell 538. A mapback edition. First Dell edition. Collects the following stories, The Creeping Siamese, The Man Who Killed Dan Adams, the Nails in Mr Cayterer, The Joke on Eloise Morey, Tom, Dick or Harry, and The King of Business. Introduction by Ellery Queen.
THE DAIN CURSE.
New York, London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-3] 4-272 [273: colophon] [274-278: blank] [note: the first and last two leaves are blanks], title page printed in brown and black, original decorated tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red and brown, running Borzoi stamped in brown on rear panel,top edge stained brown, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. The author's second book. Hard-boiled detective novel first published in BLACK MASK. Filmed in 1978 as a television mini-series with James Coburn. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 334-5. Layman A.2.1.a.
THE DASHIELL HAMMETT OMNIBUS.
London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington: Cassell & Co. Ltd, [1950]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Includes the author's five novels, THE THIN MAN, THE MALTESE FALCON, THE GLASS KEY, THE DAIN CURSE, RED HARVEST and four short stories which feature the Continental Op. First hardcover publications for the short stories (they do not appear in an omnibus edition published earlier by Knopf). Hubin, p. 369. Layman, Dashiell Hammett: A Descriptive Bibliography, AA 3.a.
THE GLASS KEY.
London and New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Correct first edition, first issue, of this novel, published January, 1931; the American edition was not published until April of 1931. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone volume. Filmed several times.
THE GLASS KEY.
London and New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Correct first edition, first issue, of this novel, published January, 1931; the American edition was not published until April of 1931. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone volume. Filmed several times.
HAMMETT HOMICIDES.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., nd. [1948]. Small octavo, covver by Gerald Gregg. pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Dell 223. A mapback edition. First Dell edition. Collects the following stories, The House on Turk Street, The Girl With the Silver eyes, Night Shots, The Main Death (all Continental Op stories), Two Sharp Knives and Ruffian's Wife. Introduction by Ellery Queen.
THE MALTESE FALCON.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-267 [268: colophon] [269-272: blank] [note: first two and last two leaves are blanks], title page printed in blue-gray and black, decorated light gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in blue-gray and black, running Borzoi stamped in black on rear panel, top edge stained light blue-gray, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. The first Sam Spade book. A Haycraft-Queen "cornerstone." Layman A.3.1.a.
THE MALTESE FALCON.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-267 [268: colophon] [269-272: blank] [note: first two and last two leaves are blanks], title page printed in blue-gray and black, decorated light gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in blue-gray and black, running Borzoi stamped in black on rear panel, top edge stained light blue-gray, other edges rough trimmed. First edition, first printing. The first Sam Spade book. A Haycraft-Queen "cornerstone." Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books 16. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 336-8. Layman A.3.1.a.
A MAN NAMED THIN AND OTHER STORIES.
[New York]: Joseph W. Ferman, Publisher [Mercury Press, Inc., 1962]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Mercury Mystery No. 233. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories; "A Man Named Thin," "Wages of Crime," "The Gatewood Caper," "The Barber and His Wife," "Itchy the Debonair," "The Second-Story Angel," "In the Morgue and When Luck's Running Good." First book publication for all stories except the first. Introduction and critical notes by Ellery Queen. Layman A19.
NIGHTMARE TOWN.
New York: The American Mercury / Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. A Mercury Book, No. 120. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories, "Nightmare Town," "The Scorched Face," "Albert Pastor at Home" and "Corkscrew." First book publication for all. The first story appeared in Argosy All Story Weekly, the second in Black Mask, the latter two in Esquire. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Hubin, p. 369. Layman A16.1.
RED HARVEST.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-3] 4-270 [271: publisher's data] [272-276: blank] original red cloth, front stamped in yellow and black, spine stamped in yellow and black. First edition. Author's first novel, featuring his Continental Op character, one of the earliest and most important contributions to the establishment of the hard boiled detective. "Taken as a whole, and chronologically, the novels may be seen to speculate on the way a man should deal with disorder, on the things to which he should give his allegiance. In Red Harvest, the Continental Op is motivated by what appears to be a work ethic. He finds Personville corrupt and he cleans it up for no better reason than it's his job..." - St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers (Fourth Edition), pp. 478-79. Layman A1.1.a.
RED HARVEST.
New York: Pocket Books Inc., [1943]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pocket 241. Hammett's first novel.
THE RETURN OF THE CONTINENTAL OP.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1945]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. First edition. Jonathan Press No. J17. Digest size magazine format. Collects the following stories; The Whosis Kid, The Gutting of Couffignal, Death and Company, One Hour and The Tenth Clue. First book publication for all but the third story. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Hubin, p. 369. Layman A13.1.
THE RETURN OF THE CONTINENTAL OP.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1945]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. First edition. Jonathan Press No. J17. Digest size magazine format. Collects the following stories; The Whosis Kid, The Gutting of Couffignal, Death and Company, One Hour and The Tenth Clue. First book publication for all but the third story. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Hubin, p. 369. Layman A13.1.