Dashiell Hammett

Hammett Homicides (a Dell "map back")

New York: Dell, 1946. First edition thus. Softcover. First softcover edition. Dell No. 223, a "map back" of San Francisco on the rear cover. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Good, rounded outer corners and shallow chipping to the outer upper corner of the rear cover and final few pages (not affecting the text). Usual browing to the text. Collection of six hammett murder tales that first appeared between 1924 and 1934 in Black Mask, Sunset Magazine, and Colliers. Good. Item #E26629

Price: $14.50