Jun 17, 2015 - Sale 2388

Sale 2388 - Lot 163

Price Realized: $ 10,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
HAMMETT, DASHIELL. The Glass Key. 8vo, original light green cloth with key design on front cover, spine decorated in red and blue, tiny spots of discoloration on front cover and rear joint; pictorial dust-jacket, spine panel slightly faded, mild edgewear with a few small nicks at corners, slight rubbing mainly to folds with one small chip along front flap fold; internally clean; preserved in custom drop-back case. New York: Knopf, 1931

Additional Details

first american edition in entirely unrestored original dust jacket. Published three months after the first English edition. The fourth novel by "the most important member of the hard-boiled school of fiction" (Steinbrunner/Penzler, p.186). Layman A.4.2a; Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.