Various dashiell hammett (2 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. Very good with faint fade to the left front cover and light foxing to the text block and some of the pages. First Harvest edition. Softcover. 195 pp. An anthology of seven mystery, detective, and suspense stories. Features the conclusion of Dashiell Hammett's original story "After The Thin Man"; "The Man Beyond the Looking Glass" by Georges Simenon; "A Friend to the Limit" by Jeffrey Scott; "Fisbee in the Middle" by R.D. Brown; "Mean to My Father" by Carolyn Banks; "Killer's Mind" by Michael Collins; "It Was a Hard Fall" by Harold Walls. Includes an interview with Georges Simenon.…

Magazine. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Six lovely consecutive issues of the exciting 'Thriller Library' magazine, containing the complete story 'The Great Knock-Over' by Dashiell Hammett, all in the original wraps. Six consecutive issues of 'The Thriller Library' magazine.Each issue is present in the original colourful wraps, with in-text illustrations throughout.This run includes the entirety of 'The Great Knock-Over' by Dashiell Hammett. It is very rare to find a complete Hammett story in the original parts.The Continental Op featured in 'The Great Knock-Over' (also published as 'The Big Knockover') became the prototype for the tough-guy detectives of the generations to come.'The Thriller Library' was a weekly newspaper in circulation from February 1929 to May 1940, containing a variety of exciting stories of detectives solving simple murder cases and even gang warfare.No. 457, November 6th 1937. 'The Adventure of the Night Watchman' by Walter Macleod.No. 458, November 13th 1937. 'The Dictator' by Berkeley Gray.No. 459, November 20th 1937. 'The Rogue of Harley Street' by Anthony Skene.No. 460, November 27th 1937. 'Island of Fear' by George Rochester.No. 461, December 4th 1937. 'Odds on Murder!' by John Hudlestone.No. 462, December 11th 1937. 'The Man From Manhattan' by Leonard Gribble. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, smart, with some light age-toning and spots to the wraps. Staples are a little rusted. Minor edge wear to the wraps and pages. Ring mark to the first wrap of No. 462. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and clean with some odd spots. Small mark to the last leaf of No. 458, and some heavier spots to the last leaf of No. 461. Very Good Indeed. various (illustratore). book.…