The Man Who Knew Hammett by Vincent McConnor - 1988-11-01

Tor Books, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Tor Books, 1988-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 8.3000 5.6000.

313 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The gimmick here is Zeke Gahagan, ""the world's oldest private eye,"" an 82-year-old with diminishing gastric capabilities and a dreary tendency to recall what his friend and inspiration ""Dash"" Hammett might have done in a similar situation. Actress Fay Manning, an old chum, asks Zeke to find Laurence Knight, an actor who disappeared after he indiscreetly let something slip at a dinner party--and someone later retaliated by spraying his garage door with bullets. Also at that dinner were: a director, a costume designer, a composer, and in spirit--though too sick to attend--a movie director. They were commemorating the 50th anniversary of the rape/strangulation unsolved murder of movie enchantress Kara Kolvang. Does the missing Knight actually know whodunit? Soon his look-alike grandson Lars is shot dead; Tim Kerrigan, the man he implicated over… Read More

Tor Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

First edition first printing of this stand alone novel. Light rubbing to the surface of the dust jacket. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition.

Tor Books, November 1988. Hardcover. Used - Good/Good.

Tor Books, November 1988. Hardcover. Acceptable.

Tor Books, 1988. First edition. . Hardcover. As New/Fine. First Edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Nice! Sec 60B1

NY: Tor Books. F. 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. A fin e copy in a fine dust jacket. .

New York: TOR. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book is clean, straight and tight. . Jacket lightly rubbed.. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Elderly private eye Zeke Gahagar, who learned the business from Dashiell Hammett, investigates the death of a leading lady more than thirty years before. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 313 pages .