Nov 21, 2013 - Sale 2332

Sale 2332 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
HAMMETT, DASHIELL. The Thin Man. 8vo, original green cloth, front cover with central design of blue mask within red border, blue and red geometrical design on spine, rear cover with "Borzoi" device, spine and boards edges slightly faded, small professional repair to spine head, light rubbing to spine foot; top edges stained burgundy; pictorial dust jacket in red, white and black, with three blurbs on front flap, few small restorations at spine ends and edges, vertical paper restoration along rear panel and flap fold, still bright and appealing with unclipped corners; internally clean; preserved in custom cloth drop-back case with morocco lettering labels. New York: Knopf, 1934

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first edition of hammett's final novel and the introduction of the well-lubricated married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles. The most financially successful of Hammett's novels. The characters subsequent film incarnations in various "Thin Man" films would prove immensely popular. Layman A6.1.a.