A Man Called Spade by Hammett, Dashiell - 1944

New York: Dell, 1944. Soft cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Dell 452. Map back. Spine has slght wear but decent above average. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

S. Good.

dell mapback, , (Reprints Dell 411), . 452, very good , creases (COLLECTION OF 5 STORIES), paperback,

NY: Dell, 1945. [1st printing, 1945] No. 90. Mapback with blue endpages. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; heavy edgewear; mark on cover in pencil; tanning.. SingleIssueMagazine. Good to Very Good-.

Dell. Soft Cover. Good +. A must for the Hammett completist. This near new copy of the Dell mapbook still has strong binding, clean text. Super copy.

New York: Dell, 1944. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Vertical crease on the cover, light edgewear, very good. Dell Mapback 452, a reprint of Dell Mapback 90 with different cover art.

NY: Dell, 1950. Dell Mapback No. 411. Paperback Reissue of Dell Mapback No. 90 with a differnent cover. small 8vo, pp. 192. A good clean copy. 5 stories with an intro by Ellery Queen.

[DASHIELL HAMMETT]. A MAN CALLED SPADE. Dell Publishing, New York, 1950. Second Edition. Dell Mapback #411 early reprint of Dell Mapback #90 with new cover art. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, classic iconic "Dell Keyhole" logo endpapers, original aqua color A.E.S. (All Edges Stained) pages, rubbing to spine edges, trivial water staining, scuffs near upper edge of last few pages, creases to covers mostly near spine, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A collection of five of the author's hard-boiled pulp detective fiction, only three short stories published during the author's lifetime featuring protagonist Sam Spade first published in the pulp magazine The American Magazine in 1932 with introduction by Ellery Queen. Cover art by Robert Stanley and mapback by Ruth Belew. Uncommon vintage paperback original Dell Mapback from a major author, collectible. 192 pgs. 16mo.

New York: Dell Publishing Company , 1944 A Solid Little Book, Pages Aged But Very Legible. Illustrated Card Covers With A Picture Of An Ace Or Spades On Front And A Crime Scene Map On The Rear Card Cover. No Marks Or Inscriptions. A Wwii Book With Notes On The Copyright Page Asking That Books Be Left At Post Offices From Where They Would Be Forwarded To The Troops. A Nice Collectors Piece.

New York, NY: The American Magazine. Very Good+. 1932. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This magazine includes the first ever appearance of Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett's famous stoic detective, in "A Man Called Spade". The magazine is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers of the magazine have some spots of ground-in dirt and beginning toning to the white edges. There is some beginning nicking and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the magazine covers. The text pages are clean and bright throughout. This article has been illustrated by Joseph Clement. Also included in the magazine are: If We Split Up All the Money in the Country by William Bacon Bailey, There are no Bad Times for Good Ideas by Beverly Smith, It's Safer in the Wilds by Roy Chapman Andrews, They Call Him Crazy by Charles B. Parmer, You Can't Put Out the Sun by Archibald Rutledge, What Can you Do to Make Money by Edgar C. Wheeler, He Changed the Map of a State by… Read More