Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Hammett, Dashiell. Hammett Homicides. Lawrence E. Spivak, NY, 1946.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paperback. 128pp. Pages tanned as expected, wraps show just the lightest wear to the extremities, else very good.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: [New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, [1946]. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2". 128pp. Original wrappers, spine cocked, 1/2" split in paper at front joint, old price on front cover, pencilled notations inside front cover. Text lightly browned throughout. Fair, sound copy. Collated and complete. The stories are: "The house in Turk Street"; "The girl with the silver eyes"; "Night shots"; "The main death"; "Two sharp knives"; "Ruffian's wife."
Seller: Zamboni & Huntington, Bangor, ME, U.S.A.
Dashiel Hammett. Hammett Homicides. Lawrence E. Spivak, 1946.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Best Seller Mystery No. B81. A collection of six stories by Hammett edited by Ellery Queen including four Continental Op adventures: THE HOUSE ON TURK STREET, THE GIRL WITH THE SILVER EYES, NIGHT SHOTS and THE MAIN DEATH. Also a Police Anderson story and a Guy Thorpe story. Book has light scuffing to spine folds, light sticker removal scar on front panel, general toning, else Fine.
Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.
HAMMETT, Dashiell. Hammett Homicides. Lawrence E. Spivak, (New York), 1946.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Digest size paperback. Collected, edited and with an introduction by Ellery Queen. Pages a bit browned on the edges, very good or a little better. A nice copy of this collection of stories.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$71.00 + shipping
Description: 81 very good -fine or better, reading crease PBO.
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Paperback original. Very good in wrappers.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 128 p. Sound clean unmarked copy, slight lean to spine, some minor edgewear and discolouration to covers. Old tide mark to lower bottom edge of some pages and inside rear cover not affecting text.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Publisher: Lawrence E. Spivak, New York, 1946.NEAR FINE in wraps with artwork by George Salter and a blurb from Dorothy Parker on the front cover, as issued. A digest paperback original. Bestseller Mystery No. B81. First Printing. Four tiny scuffs near the top of front cover, not affecting text. Not remainder marked. Not book club edition. Not ex-library.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing (No additional printings stated). An American Mercury Book. Very good digest -sized paperback with light wear to covers, a bit of rubbing to head of spine, pages toned but unmarked. Vintage Mystery; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 233 pages
Seller: The Second Reader Bookshop, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
HAMMETT, DASHIELL.. HAMMETT HOMICIDES.. Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1946]., [New York], 1946.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Digest size PBO. Collected and edited, with Introduction and Critical Notes by Ellery Queen. Pages evenly browned, light wear to spine ends, and covers lightly rubbed and lightly soiled else very good in pictorial wrappers. Four adventures of the Continental Op, a Chief of Police Anderson story, and a Guy Tharp story.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
HAMMETT, DASHIELL.. HAMMETT HOMICIDES.. Lawrence E. Spivak, [1946]., [New York], 1946.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Collected and edited, with Introduction and Critical Notes by Ellery Queen. Page edges uniformly tanned, light wear to spine ends, else fine in pictorial wrappers. Four adventures of the Continental Op, a Chief of Police Anderson story, and a Guy Tharp story.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.