Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 167

Price Realized: $ 2,210
?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, rear cover with Borzoi device, blue and red geometrical design on spine, spine and boards slightly faded with usual mottling; pictorial dust jacket printed in green, white and black, with three blurbs on front flap, old tape repairs and paper restorations on verso, folds rubbed slightly with spine panel lightly faded, unclipped; LMS bookplate laid-in; preserved in custom cloth drop-back box. 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.