HAMMETT, DASHIELL. The Thin Man. New York: Knopf, 1934. 8vo, original light green cloth, decorated in red and blue (slight fading at edges as usual); green dust jacket with photograph of Hammett on front and spine (slight wear at ends of spine and top of rear edge); green cloth folding case with tan and black morocco onlay on front in imitation of the jacket photo. FIRST EDITION, First State of dust jacket. Layman A6.1.a. A very good copy. "I was leaning against the bar in a speakeasy on Fifty-second Street, waiting for Nora to finish her Christmas shopping..."