May 14, 2019 - Sale 2508

Sale 2508 - Lot 153

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
HAMMETT, DASHIELL. The Glass Key. 8vo, publisher's light green cloth with key design on front cover, Borzoi device on rear cover, spine decorated in red and blue, some spotting along front joint and head of spine, lower outer corner of front board with faint stain; dust jacket, folds rubbed, edge creasing, corners nicked with small loss to head and foot of spine panel, closed tears at head of spine panel fold and bottom of rear panel; ownership signature in pencil, otherwise contents clean. 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.