Cassell & Co. Ltd, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear panel. Dashiell Hammett short story omnibus, Introduced and edited by Lillian Hellman. The stories are:- The Gutting of Couffignal, Fly Paper, The Scorched Face, This Kings Business, The Gatewood Caper, Dead Yellow Women, Corkscrew, Tulip, The Big Knockover & $106,000 Blood Money. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with a little bumping of the book corners. Some rubbing of the book panels with age toning of the text block edges and pages. Fine foxing to the top textblock edge. Some creasing of the dustwrapper edges with a small chip to the top right-hand corner of the act strip. The laminate along the front edge of the front panel has started to lift. Handling marks and slight yellowing of the rear panel. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [6], VII - XXI, [5], 5 - 355, [5] pages, pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Short Stories; Inventory No: 0128535. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0128535
Title: The Dashiell Hammett Story Omnibus
Author: Hammett, Dashiell (Hellman, Lillian Â Editor)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Cassell & Co. Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1966
Keywords: BZDB2 crime fiction, noir, Dashiell Hammett, omnibus, Short stories Â– The Gutting of Couffignal, Fly Paper, The Scorched Face, This Kings Business, The Gatewood Caper, Dead Yellow Women, Corkscrew, Tulip, The Big Knockover, $106,000 Blood Mon
Bookseller catalogs: Short Stories;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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