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HAMMETT, Dashiell. The Thin Man. New York: Knopf, 1934.
8o. Original light green cloth, decorated with deep blue mask design within red single-rule frame (covers slightly discolored as usual, some light wear to spine ends and edges); red dust jacket with photograph of Hammett on front and spine (chipping to edges and splitting to joints of panel, some wear to covers and tape removed from versos). Provenance: Eric and Gerty (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, of Hammett's last novel. PRESENTATION COPY, HUMOROUSLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HAMMETT on the preliminary blank: "For Eric and Gerty with my best, if illiterate, regards and things Dashiell Hammett x his mark New York Jan. 23. 1934." [Laid in]: Silver print portrait photograph of Hammett.
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FIRST EDITION, of Hammett's last novel. PRESENTATION COPY, HUMOROUSLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HAMMETT on the preliminary blank: "For Eric and Gerty with my best, if illiterate, regards and things Dashiell Hammett x his mark New York Jan. 23. 1934." [Laid in]: Silver print portrait photograph of Hammett.