$106,000 Blood Money by Hammett, Dashiell

Lawrence E. Spivak, 1943. Softcover. Very Good. (ca.1943) A Very Good copy. 12mo., 126, (1) pp. Red paper wraps, with title on a white field, and "Blood" in red. Light edge wear to the wraps. Previous owner's ink stamped name on the title page. US War Bonds Advert on the rear wrapper, making this a war-time publication. Author of THE THIN MAN and THE MALTESE FALCON.

Newyork: Bestseller Mystery; Lawrence E. Spivak, 1943. 1st Thus . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Softcover in red, white and black wraps; pp. 126. Classic thriller in atmospheric period binding. Minor shelf wear primarily to spine foot.

E-210: Lawrence E. Spivak. Very Good. 1943. Hardcover. Trade PB. 12mo. Lawrence E. Spivak, New York, 1943. 128 pgs. One of the Bestseller Mystery series (#B40) published during World War II using wartime paper restrictions. This is a complete and unabridged reprint of Dashiell Hammet's 1927 short story, with a cover price of 25 cents. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. When a million dollars is stolen from two banks in an afternoon, the Continental Detective Agency must solve the crime. This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel. Both stories first appeared in Black Mask and this is its first book publication. E-210; First Edition .

[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, n.d. [1943]., 1943. First edition. First edition. Spine panel lightly rubbed, top corner crease beginning on page 53 and becomes larger through page 126, but not affecting any text, else a good copy in pictorial wrappers. A Continental Op novellette originally published in 1927 in "Black Mask" magazine. LAYMAN p.54. A9.1.

[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, n.d., [1943]. First edition. Age darkening to text block, edge rubbing, name to upper right corner of front cover, 12 mm split at lower left front cover/spine panel, a very good copy. (20883). Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-126 [127-128], pictorial wrappers. Bestseller Mystery, No. B40. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel. First book publication. Both stories first appeared in Black Mask. Layman A9.1.

Bestseller Mystery. New York: Lawrence E. Spivak. Digest Size. , 1943 . 40 very good -fine, spine roll, reading crease PBO.