Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 7.25 x 5.25", pict wraps, 127pp, covers worn, corners chipped or creased, back cover creased and torn, pp toned. A rough copy, but complete.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Hammett, Dashiell; Intro by Ellery Queen. The Creeping Siamese. Lawrence E. Spivak, NY, 1950.
Price: US$29.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wraps. Edges worn/rubbed, creasing, chipping, toned pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Jonathan Press Mystery, No. J48. 127 pages, color, pictorial wrappers. The wraps are slightly rubbed and show some light wear. The contents are toned but complete. Good+.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Introduction by Ellery Queen. Includes The Creeping Siamese, The Man Who Killed Dan Odams, The Nails in Mrs. Cayterer, The Joke on Eloise Morey, Tom Dick or Harry, This King Business. Jonathan Press Mystery No. J48. First Thus. Previous owner wrote "P8" on front cover. Side page edges soiled. Text clean. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
Dashiel Hammett. The Creeping Siamese. Lawrence E. Spivak, New York, 1950.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition of these stories in book form. Pictorial wrappers. Jonathan Press No. J48. Digest size magazine format. A paperback original. Collects the following stories THE CREEPING SIAMESE, THE MAN WHO KILLED DAN ADAMS, THE NAILS IN MR. CAYTERER, THE JOKE ON ELOISE MONEY, TOM, DICK OR HARRY and THE KING OF BUSINESS. First book publication for all stories but for TOM, DICK OR HARRY. introduction by Ellery Queen. Book has extremely light shelf wear to edges, ding to center near spine of front panel, sunning to spine, pencil eraser marks on front panel.
Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, [1950]. 7 1/4 x 5 3/8 (full)". 127pp. Original color pictorial wrappers, silverfish nibbling on backstrip with loss of parts of several letters of "Dashiell Hammett" in "A Dashiell Hammett Detective." Text lightly browned throughout. Good, sound copy. Collated and complete. The other stories are: "The man who killed Dan Adams"; "The nails in Mr. Cayterer"; "The joke on Eloise Morey"; "Tom, Dick or Harry"; "The king business." Headline: "A Dashiell Hammett Detective."
Seller: Zamboni & Huntington, Bangor, ME, U.S.A.
Hammett, Dashiell; Ellery Queen (ed.).. The Creeping Siamese.. New York: Lawrence E. Spivak., 1950.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo. 127 pp. Very Good, Soft Cover with sun-fading, creasing, edge wear, & rubbing; front cover well-creased to gutters; shelf wear; yellowing throughout; stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle. First Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 127 p. Final letter in title and of word detective cropped at outer edge but this as published. Slight lean to spine, overall light reading wear. Letter "A" written unnecessarily to front cover.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
HAMMETT, DASHIELL. The Creeping Siamese. New York Lawrence E. Spivak 1950, 1950.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Paperback original. Very good copy.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
HAMMETT, DASHIELL. The Creeping Siamese. New York Lawrence E. Spivak 1950, 1950.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Paperback original. Very good copy.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. Jonathan Press No. J48. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories, "The Creeping Siamese," "The Man Who Killed Dan Adams," "The Nails in Mr Cayterer," "The Joke on Eloise Morey," "Tom, Dick or Harry," and "The King of Business." First book publication for all stories except Tom, Dick or Harry. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Layman A17.1. Age darkening to text block, a touch of tanning to upper and fore front edges, a nearly fine copy. (20886)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. Jonathan Press No. J48. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories, "The Creeping Siamese," "The Man Who Killed Dan Adams," "The Nails in Mr Cayterer," "The Joke on Eloise Morey," "Tom, Dick or Harry," and "The King of Business." First book publication for all stories except Tom, Dick or Harry. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Layman A17.1. Pencil mark to front cover, a nearly fine copy. (24421)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.