Jun 19, 2014 - Sale 2355

Sale 2355 - Lot 143

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,800 - $ 2,500
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 slightly faded with usual mottling, tiny fray to spine head; pictorial dust jacket in red, white and black, with three blurbs on front flap, old tape repairs and paper restorations on verso, most significantly to upper portion of spine panel and lower front panel, unclipped; gentle split between free endpaper and first blank, internally clean; preserved in custom 1/4 morocco clamshell case. 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 character's subsequent film incarnations in various "Thin Man" films would prove immensely popular. Layman A6.1.a.