Published by World, 1945
Language: English
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A crisp hardcopy in good minus condition; age toning to pages and stains to textblock. DJ in good minus condition with sunning to spine, small chips and tears, now in protective mylar cover.
Published by World, Cleveland, 1945
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. This is an ex-department store copy. One inch chip to bottom of front endpaper, affecting bottom of flap of jacket. Remnants of pocket from the store on rear endsheet. Dust jacket taped to book. Still, a very hard copy of this first edition to locate -- so, let's call is a place saving copy if you can ever fine another . . . 189 pp.
Original Wraps. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. 125 pages. Paperback digest original. Bestseller Mystery, No. B50. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Brown wraps. Has tanning of the textblock, light edgewear, 1/2" tear on front edge of cover and spine head, green crayon marks on inside of both front and rear covers.
Published by LAWRENCE E. SPIVAK., NY, 1944
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First edition under this title. Reprint of "The Adventures Of Sam Spade" published a year earlier. Near fine copy in digest-size paperback wrappers.
Published by L.E. Spivak, New York, 1944
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original wrappers, Digest sized paperback original. Bestseller Mystery B50. Author's first book of short fiction. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Wear to spine and extremities, chip, previous owner's name. In archival cover.
Published by Lawrence E. Spivak Publisher, [New York], 1944
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bestseller Mystery #B-50. Paperback original. Digest format. The author's first book of short fiction. Collects seven fictions, three featuring Sam Spade. Introduction by Ellery Queen. QQ 98. Text block age-darkened, two leaves of text have closed tears at fore-edges, two others have small chips from lower margins, a very good to near fine copy. (#83122).
Published by Lawarence E. Spivak, Publisher [1944], [New York], 1944
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. 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. [Reference: Hubin p. 369. Layman A11.1a]. Age darkening to text block, two leaves of text have closed tears to fore-edges, two leaves have small chips from lower margins, very good to near fine. (6008).
Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Trade paperback original. A very good+ copy in printed wrappers. (Couple short edge nicks in covers. Trace of mild shelf soiling at edges. Text age toned. ) Stories from the pulps. (B).
Published by Lawrence E. Spivak, New York, 1944
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First Printing. Digest-sized octavo (19cm); original pictorial card wrappers; 125,[3]pp. Modest wear to joints and wrapper extremities, subtle tanning to text edges; Very Good+. A volume collecting seven short stories three of them featuring Sam Spade. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and Queen's Quorum title. LAYMAN A11.1.a; HUBIN, p.190.
Published by New York: Lawrence E. Spivak; Joseph W. Ferman, 1943-62, 1943
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketFirst editions, first printings, as well as the reissues of the first two volumes in the series: The Big Knock-Over (reissue of $106,000 Blood Money), and They Can Only Hang You Once (reissue of The Adventures of Sam Spade). A lovely set of Hammett's first twelve books of collected short fiction. Together, 12 works, octavo. Original coloured wrappers. Housed in a blue slipcase edged with black morocco. Contents toned, a little rubbing to extremities and some very minor wear...