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New York : Lawrence E. Spivak, (1944). First edition. A collection of seven short stories previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Bestseller Mystery B50. "All the Hammett books of short stories are important, but without question the cornerstone is The Adventures of Sam Spade" - Queen's Quorum 98.
Foolscap 4to. 125,[iii]pp. Original wrappers - a design by George Salter in brown, black and white; a little rubbed; text a little tanned, but a very good copy of a fragile production. Stoddard 11.

£150

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New York : Lawrence E. Spivak, (1945). First edition. A collection of four stories previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Bestseller Mystery B62.
Foolscap 4to. 126,[ii]pp. Original wrappers - a design by George Salter in blue, black and white; a little worn; text tanned, but a good copy of a fragile production. Stoddard 13.

£100

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New York : Lawrence E. Spivak, (1945). First edition. A collection of five short stories (including "The Whosis Kid") previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Jonathan Press Mystery J17.
Foolscap 4to. 127,[i]pp. Original pictorial wrappers - a design by George Salter in red, blue, yellow, black and white; some very minor wear; text a little tanned, but a very good copy of a fragile production. Stoddard 14.

£125

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New York : Lawrence E. Spivak, (1946). First edition. A collection of six short stories (four featuring the Continental Op, including "The Girl with the Silver Eyes") previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Bestseller Mystery B81. "Who doesn't read him misses much of modern America" (Dorothy Parker).
Foolscap 4to. 128pp. Original wrappers - a design by George Salter in green, grey, black and white; very lightly rubbed; text a little tanned; neat erasure from upper wrapper, but a very good copy of a fragile production. None on COPAC. Stoddard 15.

£100

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New York : Lawrence E. Spivak, (1947). First edition. A collection of six short stories (including four featuring the Continental Op) previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Jonathan Press Mystery J29.
Foolscap 4to. 127,[i]pp. Original pictorial wrappers - a design by George Salter in green, red, yellow, etc.; very slightly rubbed; faint crease to upper wrap; text just a little tanned, but a very good copy of a fragile production. Stoddard 16.

£75

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New York : Lawrence E. Spivak / American Mercury, (1948). First edition. A collection of four short stories from the period 1924-1933 previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Mercury Mystery No. 120.
Foolscap 4to. 128pp. Original pictorial wrappers - a design by George Salter principally in tan and grey; very lightly worn; text a little tanned, but a very good copy of a fragile production. Ownership stamp of F. A. Farek, Jr. on verso of upper cover. Stoddard 17.

£75

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New York : Lawrence E. Spivak, (1950). First edition. A collection of six short stories (including three Continental Ops) previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Jonathan Press Mystery J48.
Foolscap 4to. 127,[i]pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - a design by George Salter in red, yellow, blue, etc.; a little rubbed and faintly creased; text just a little tanned, but a very good copy of a fragile production. Stoddard 19.

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London : Cassell & Co., (1950). First British edition. Contains considerably more material than the 1935 American publication of the same title - all five of the major novels - "The Thin Man" (1934), "The Maltese Falcon" (1930), "The Glass Key" (1931), "The Dain Curse" (1929) and "Red Harvest" (1929), as well as four short stories.
Post 8vo. (956)pp. Bound in a handsome recent half black morocco, banded and gilt; top edge red; original cloth backstrip preserved at rear; a hint of tanning to outer leaves, but a very good, crisp and sharp copy.

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New York : Lawrence E. Spivak, [1952]. First edition. A collection of seven short stories (including three Continental Ops) previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced by Ellery Queen. Jonathan Press Mystery J59. The 1951 copyright date in the book is erroneous, and the book was in fact published on 18 July 1952.
Foolscap 4to. 128pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - a design by George Salter in blue, yellow, green, etc.; a little minor wear; text just a little tanned, but a very good copy of a fragile production. Stoddard 20.

£100

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New York : Joseph W. Ferman, [1962]. First edition. A collection of eight short stories previously unpublished in book form, edited and introduced (with a good Hammett bibliography) by Ellery Queen. Mercury Mystery No. 233.
Foolscap 4to. (3)-128,[ii]pp. Original wrappers - a design in blue, yellow, green, black and white; very slightly rubbed; text a little tanned, but a very good copy of a fragile production.

£50

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New York : Random House, (1966). First edition. Eight Continental Op short stories, the novelette "The Big Knockover", and a chapter from the unfinished novel, "Tulip" - none of which had previously appeared in hardback form. Edited and introduced by Lillian Hellman. Later published in the UK as "The Dashiell Hammett Story Omnibus".
Demy 8vo. (xxii),(356),[ii],[4]pp. Original black cloth, blocked and lettered in blind on upper cover, and in gilt across spine; top edge pale green; a touch sunned at tips, but a very good copy in the original Hoot von Zitzewitz dust-jacket - a little worn, nicked, marked and sunned.

£25

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London : Cassell & Co., (1966). First British edition, originally published in America earlier the same year as "The Big Knockover". Eight Continental Op short stories, the novelette "The Big Knockover", and a chapter from the unfinished novel, "Tulip" - none of which had previously appeared in hardback form. Edited and introduced by Lillian Hellman. A review copy, with the publishers' slips loosely inserted.
Demy 8vo. (xxii),356,[ii]pp. Original black boards, lettered across spine in silver; top edge a little spotted; a few slight marks, but a very good copy in the original red, white and black dust-jacket - lightly rubbed, a touch sunned, slightly nicked, and a little marked on lower panel.

£40

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