Description
First American edition of The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett.
Octavo, [8], 282pp, [2]. Faint green hardcover, title in red and black on spine. Red topstain. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, faint sunning to spine, a few small marks to rear cover. A vibrant copy, lacking the dust jacket. (Layman A 4.2.a)
The Glass Key was published just one year after Hammett’s best-known work, The Maltese Falcon. This first American edition was preceded by the first British edition, released in January 1931.
