Item #013184 The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories - Bestseller Mystery #B50 (Vincent Starrett's Copy). Dashiell Hammett.
The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories - Bestseller Mystery #B50 (Vincent Starrett's Copy)
The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories - Bestseller Mystery #B50 (Vincent Starrett's Copy)

The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories - Bestseller Mystery #B50 (Vincent Starrett's Copy)

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1944. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Digest Magazine. Very Good/Near Fine. Item #013184

Digest Sized in wraps. Sharp first and only printing of Hammett's first anthology of mystery stories including "A Man Called Spade". With an introduction by Ellery Queen. Square, tight, and clean throughout with fairly mild page edge-toning. Light wear to edges and rubbing to hinges. Small dog-ears on the bottom tips. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. From the library of noted author and Sherlockian, Vincent Starrett, with his bookplate tipped in to inside front cover and his signature on the title page. A very pretty collectable copy.

Price: $450.00