[A set of 12 works of Hammet's collected short fiction:]
$106,000 Blood Money; The Adventures of Sam Spade; The Continental Op; Return of the Continental Op; Hammett Homicides; Dead Yellow Women; Nightmare Town; The Big Knock-Over; They Can Only Hang You Once; Creeping Siamese; Women in the Dark; A Man Named Thin.
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak; Joseph W. Ferman, 1943-62 Stock Code: 94424
A lovely set in bright wrappers
First editions, first printings, as well as the reissues of the first two volumes in the series: The Big Knock-Over (reissue of 106,000 Blood Money), and They Can Only Hang You Once (reissue of The Adventures of Sam Spade). A lovely set of Hammett's first twelve books of collected short fiction.Description
12 works, octavo. Original coloured wrappers. Housed in a blue slipcase edged with black morocco.
Condition
Contents toned, a little rubbing to extremities and some very minor wear to spine ends; an excellent set in the bright wrappers.
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