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HAMMETT, DASHIELL.
The Glass Key.
8vo, original light green cloth with
key design on front cover, spine decorated in red and blue, tiny spots of discoloration on
front cover and rear joint; pictorial dust-jacket, spine panel slightly faded, mild edgewear
with a few small nicks at corners, slight rubbing mainly to folds with one small chip along
front flap fold; internally clean; preserved in custom drop-back case.
New York: Knopf, 1931
[8,000/12,000]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
with the famous original photographic dust jacket. Published three
months after the first English edition. The fourth novel by “the most important member of the
hard-boiled school of fiction” (Steinbrunner/Penzler, p.186). Layman A.4.2a; Haycraft
Queen Cornerstone.
