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American Noir Novels. Three First Editions.
1) Dashiell Hammet's (1894-1961) The Thin Man, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934, first edition, first printing, octavo; bound in green cloth stamped with red and blue, white wove endpapers, top edge stained burgundy (lacking jacket; very lightly bumped, some fading particularly to lower board and spine); 7 3/8 x 5 in. Layman A6.1a.
2) James M. Cain's (1892-1977) Serenade, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937, first edition, octavo; black publisher's boards stamped with silver, top edge tinted red; with pictorial dust jacket, (jacket with edge wear, chip at the upper corner and lower edge, a 2 in. and another 0.5 in. closed tear to rear panel; block cracked in one place; slight lean, faint ownership stamp to inside front pastedown, some wear to spine caps, scattered, small stains to boards); 7 1/2 x 5 in. Provenance: The David Lloyd Collection of Modern Literature; Bonhams 1-10 August 2022, Lot 67.
3) Raymond Chandler's (1888-1959) Farewell, my Lovely, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, first edition, octavo; in orange publisher's cloth stamped with blue, top edge stained blue (lacking original pictorial dust jacket; minor stains and corner creases scattered throughout; boards lightly dulled with a few thin scratches, bumped, endpapers browned); 7 3/8 x 5 in. (3)
