Search Results: the return of the continental op by hammett dashiell

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak. Very Good-. 1945. Softcover. Front cover and first third of the pages have small chips to the lower outer corners. Spine has slight edge wear. Pages are slightly browned, heavier to the margins. ; Approx. 5 3/8" wide by 7 1/2". ; 128 pages .

N.Y.: Jonathan Press, 1945. 1st edition. A Wartime production. A Jonathan Mystery #J17, digest size. Good only. Spine edge rubbed with bottom edge cracked, Covers soiled, Pages are toned, with some light water marks along the edges of a few pages but no extensive water damage and not effecting text. Rear cover has scrape along bottom edge.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Good. Vintage Paperback.

Dell, 1947. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First ed Thus. First paperback ed. Very good condition, slight over all wear, laminate peeling. Dell #154..

New York: Dell Pub. Co., 1945. First Thus. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Thus, First printing. Mass Market PB in illustrated wraps. Very Good. Light edgewear, short tears to top rear panel, couple of pages lightly edge-chipped, else Fine w/toned pages. 190pp., a Mapback w/ cover art by Gerald Gregg.

Canada: Dell 154, 1947. Solid with thin creases on the covers and the covers show light wear.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Good.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1947 . 154 good - very good Cover by Gerald Gregg. paperback,

[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1945]. First edition. Covers quite rubbed, a good copy. (24418). Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. Jonathan Press No. J17. Digest size magazine format. Collects the following stories; The Whosis Kid, The Gutting of Couffignal, Death and Company, One Hour and The Tenth Clue. First book publication for all but the third story. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Hubin, p. 369. Layman A13.1.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1947 . 154 good - very good Cover by Gerald Gregg. paperback,

Jonathan Press Mystery. Digest Size. , 1945 . 17 good, creases PBO. Cover by George Salter.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1947 . 154 very good Cover by Gerald Gregg. paperback,

New York, USA: Dell Publishing, 1947. Soft cover. Good. The Return of The Continental Op. 2nd Edition. By Dashiell Hammett. Soft cover publication in good condition.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1947 . 154 very good + Cover by Gerald Gregg. paperback,

New York: Dell Publishing Company, [1947]., 1947. First edition. First edition thus. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Dell 154. Pages evenly tanned, else very good in pictorial wrappers with no fading to pink color on covers. Five early appearances by Dashiell Hammett all dealing with the fat, nameless agency operative. Included are stories about how $5000 was taken from under the eyes of two detectives without either having seen it taken; about how the Op solved a tough case in less than 60 minutes; about how foghorns nearly cause the Op to pass in his chips; and about why nive clues were not enough. Front cover is an art-deco design and rear cover is a street map of San Francisco, pinpointing the locations of 20 key events in the book's five stories. A desirable early Dell mystery title.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1947 . 154 very good - fine Cover by Gerald Gregg. paperback,

(New York): Lawrence E. Spivak, 1945. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Digest size paperback. Printed wrappers. Tiny chip at corner of two pages and front wrap, else a very good copy.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1947 . 154 near fine Cover by Gerald Gregg. paperback,

[DASHIELL HAMMETT]. THE RETURN OF THE CONTINENTAL OP. Dell Publishing, New York, 1947. First Edition. True first edition Dell Mapback #154. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, blue endpapers, original laminated wrappers as issued, spine is uncreased, creases, a few soiling specks to rear panel, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Overall a superb, very good plus copy. A collection of five short stories of the author's hard-boiled pulp detective fiction featuring Continental Op with stories first published in the pulp magazine The Black Mask. Cover art by Gerald Gregg and mapback by Ruth Belew. Uncommon first edition vintage paperback original Dell Mapback from a major author, collectible. 190 pgs. 16mo.

[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1945]. First edition. Age darkening to text block, light edge rubbing, some age darkening to front cover, ring stain to front cover, a very good copy. (20882). Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. Jonathan Press No. J17. Digest size magazine format. Collects the following stories; The Whosis Kid, The Gutting of Couffignal, Death and Company, One Hour and The Tenth Clue. First book publication for all but the third story. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Hubin, p. 369. Layman A13.1.

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak , 1945. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 126 p. Sound clean unmarked copy.

New York: Dell Publishing Company.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition. Dell mapback #154. Close to near fine in laminated pictorial printed wrappers. (Couple small spots of rubbing at edges of front cover. Tiny chip & neatly mended tear at head of half-title page. Paper in text brittle. ) Hardboiled stories fro the pulp era. ; 4 1/4" X 6 1/4"; 190 pages .