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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.
NewYork: Knopf, 1931
[10,000/15,000]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION IN ENTIRELY UNRESTORED ORIGINAL 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.