Description
A first edition, fifth printing of The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, in dust jacket. Octavo, 358pp. Olive cloth, title printed on spine, decorative printed illustrations, some fraying of cloth at top edge of spine. (Layman A6.1a) Bookplate removed from front free end paper. First edition, fifth printing with “Fifth Printing, January, 1934” on copyright page. In Grosset & Dunlap dust jacket, $0.75 on front flap, closed tear to back panel, reinforced with archival tape repair, some loss at top of spine, bright illustrations. An overall very good copy.
Comments: Other notable works by Dashiell Hammett include The Maltese Falcon, The Dain Curse, Red Harvest and The Thin Man.
