Sale 685: Fine Literature (#685) 10/10/2019 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

View full catalog for Sale 685: Fine Literature
Ask a question
Add to watchlist
Tell a friend
Lot 179 of 565:
5 titles by Dashiell Hammett  

Click image to enlarge
Similar Items
Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$120
Estimate:
$300 - $500

Title:
Five titles by Dashiell Hammett

Author:
Hammett, Dashiell

Place:
Various places

Publisher:

Date:
Various dates

Description:

5 volumes.

Five mysteries by Dashiell Hammett. Includes Red Harvest, The Thin Man, and others.

Includes:

  • The Thin Man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Pictorial beige cloth, in Grosset & Dunlap dust jacket. 6th printing with correction on p. 209. Layman A 6.1.b-f
  • Red Harvest. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1943]. Maroon cloth, in dust jacket. 6th printing. Layman A 1.1.f
  • The Adventures of Sam Spade. Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1945. Red cloth with Tower Mystery device on cover, in dust jacket. Without Ellery Queen introduction. 2nd Edition. Layman A 11.2
  • The Glass Key. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Green pictorial cloth. 2nd Edition, 5th printing. A 4.2.f
  • The Dain Curse. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. 3rd Printing. Layman A 2.1.e

Lot Amendments

Condition:
Various states of wear; Dain Curse spine faded, slight lean, endpapers stained, mild page toning; Glass Key slight spine lean, missing front endpaper, slight page toning; Adventures of Sam Spade dust jacket torn and chipped, slight lean to spine, bookplate on front pastedown, severe page toning; Red Harvest tears and soiling to jacket, spine leans, severe page toning; Thin Man tears, chips, staining and wear to dust jacket, discoloring to cloth, bookplate removed from front free endpaper, page toning; overall very good.


 
Item number:
305671a
Shipping info:

We have a full service shipping department to ensure proper packing and safe delivery of purchases at reasonable cost. We are specialists at packing and shipping books and works on paper.   All lots purchased by the same client are combined for shipping in order to keep the cost as economical as possible.  Our preferred method for domestic shipments is UPS Ground but we can also ship via FedEx or USPS Priority Mail. We do NOT ship USPS Media Mail under any circumstances.For international orders we select the most appropriate carrier depending on the value and weight of the items purchased.  We are happy to accommodate special arrangements by request.

Invoices are sent out the day following the auction and include a minimum $10 handling fee plus actual shipping and insurance charges.

Shipping estimates can be obtained  by contacting [email protected] prior to the auction.

 

Terms and conditions

CONTRACTS

All accepted bids are contracts and are considered final and non withdrawable.

BUYER'S PREMIUM

A buyer's premium of 20% will be applied to all purchases.

ONLINE BIDDING

The person posting the bids online has to be the person who has registered for the auction.

 
Other lots in this sale:
<<>>