Dashiell Hammett A Life by Diane Johnson - 12-Jun-87

New York: Random House, 1983. Very good (a few foxing spots on page edges, otherwise clean and bright) in very good dust jacket (scrape at bottom of spine). 345 pages including index, bibliography, and notes. This renowned novelist and screenwriter turns to a biography of a notable American writer famous for "The Maltese Falcon" and other novels.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.

New York: Random House, 1983. Very good (a few light foxing spots on page edges, otherwise clean and bright) in fine dust jacket. 345 pages including index, bibliography, and notes. This renowned novelist and screenwriter turns to a biography of a notable American writer famous for "The Maltese Falcon" and other novels.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.

Near Fine/ Near Fine Random House NY 1983 1st hardcover 8vo, 344 pages, b&w photos, index, bibliography, notes. Just the lightest shelfwear to book and dustjacket.

NY: RANDOM HOUSE. P/C DJ . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1983.

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394505018 . DJ has scuffing, wear around edges, and light yellowing. DJ has been price clipped. Pages are beginning to yellow. .

New York NY: Random House. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394505018 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 344 pages .

Random House, 1983. First Editiion . Hardback. Near Fine/Vg.

random house, 1983. fine book, fine jacket,

New York: Random House. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0394505018 . Light foxing on right foredge; 0-394-50501-8. .

New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Dashiell Hammett's great original contribution to American Literature was the creation of the hard-boiled detective-- the Continental OP and Sam Spade. Diane Johnson traces the origins of these characters in Hammett's own experience as a Pinkerton agent in the West and shows how his vision of the world was shaped by this lonely, hard and often amoral existence. This is the definitive biography of this most important 20th century American writer. Bound in black half cloth with bold, bright and sharp titles, orange paper-wrapped boards, very clean, sunned along top edge. Edges faintly rubbed. Solid, tight, square. Internals clean and free from any markings. Jacket unclipped, as new. 344 pages with Notes and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Random House, New York, 1983.