HAMMETT DASHIELL Typed Letter Signed to Dear Mr Hammett

Sale 2446 - Lot 362

Unsold

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

"TRYING TO GET MY NEXT BOOK, 'THE GLASS KEY', FINISHED" HAMMETT, DASHIELL. Typed Letter Signed, to "Dear Mr. Hammett," sending inscribed books [not present], explaining that the delay is due to his work involving The Maltese Falcon and The Glass Key, and noting that the recipient and Dashiell Hammett are unlikely to be closely related. 1 page, 4to; faint toning at edges, horizontal folds, encapsulated (but removable). New York, 26 February 1930

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

". . . [B]etween going through the customary pin-wheel motions incidental to ushering 'The Maltese Falcon' into public life and trying to get my next book, 'The Glass Key', finished, I've had little time for anything else.
"Since my begetters left England, Davonshire, for Maryland in the 17th Century, I'm afraid whatever relationship there be between us is pretty tenuous."