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The inimitable Sam Spade and the Continental Op take on new cases in a collection of long-unavailable short stories by the author of The Maltese Falcon, in an anthology of mysteries that also includes Hammett's first study for The Thin Man. 25,000 first printing.
unavailable stories by Dashiell Hammett, the author of The Maltese Falcon and the incomparable master of detective fiction.
In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unraveling the dark mystery at its heart. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story "Ruffian's Wife." "His Brother's Keeper" is a half-wit boxer's eulogy to the brother who betrayed him. "The Second-Story Angel" recounts one of the most novel cons ever devised.
In seven stories, the tough and taciturn Continental Op takes on a motley collection of the deceitful, the duped, and the dead, and once again shows his uncanny ability to get at the truth. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the darkness in the human soul while rolling his own cigarettes. And the first study for The Thin Man sends John Guild on a murder investigation in which almost every witness may be lying.
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR008804295
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Anbieter: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, USA
First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A collection of twenty long unavailable stories from the author of "The Maltese Falcon." Edited by Kirby McCauley, Martin H. Greenberg, and Ed Gorman. Introduction by William F. Nolan. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Artikel-Nr. 156806
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing/ edition. Hardcover. xvii+ 396 pp. Twenty long-unavailable stories by detective/noir master Dashiell Hammett. in seven of them, The Continental Op takes on a motley collection of the deceitful, the duped , and the dead; in another three Sam Spade sonfronts the darkness of the human soul--while rolling his own cigarettes; and the first study for 'The Thin Man" sends John Guildon a murder investigation in which every witness may be lying. Artikel-Nr. GE21309
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition in a very good dust jacket. Artikel-Nr. 107770
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Anbieter: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, USA
Hardcover. First Edition. Collects twenty stories originally published in Black Mask and other magazines. Introduction by William F. Nolan. Tiny spot to the bottom edge and to the verso of the Acknowledgments page. About fine in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. Artikel-Nr. 23012
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