Item #501 The Thin Man. Dashiell Hammett.
The Thin Man

The Thin Man

New York: Knopf, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition of his most common novel. The misprint “seep” for “sleep” is found in all copies through the 3rd printing, and booksellers or auction houses that cite it as a 1st edition point of priority are inept. Very good (no wear but the cloth is faded) in a 1st printing dustjacket with fading of the red on the spine, chips and tears, 2 of the tears with shadows on the back from once being taped, but the tape’s now gone, and the dustjacket is otherwise very good. There are 6 forms of the jacket. 1–2. It comes green or red with no priority. 3–4. It’s seen with or without a Book of the Month Club sticker with no priority yet. 5–6. The front flap of the 1st printing jacket has hype while the 2nd printing jacket has blurbs (reviews). The blurbs are not from, or referring to, a Dec. 1933 printing in Redbook magazine (a dexterous but wishful theory). Laid in (as issued) is the 4 page flyer with 2 of the 3 blurbs that were added to the jacket when it was reprinted. Very good / very good. Item #501

You know our attitude on pricing, worn, or repaired or, in other ways, flawed modern books. All of them are verifiably too expensive or there wouldn’t be so many of them for sale, backed up online like bad plumbing. And, in fact, that’s why so many 20th and 21st century 1st editions, that are not fine, remain unsold and are always available. But our price on this one is the righteous price.

Price: $1,000.00

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