Red Harvest
by Hammett, Dashiell
Dashiell Samuel Hammett was born in St. Mary’s County. He grew up in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Hammett left school at the age of fourteen and held several kinds of jobs thereafter—messenger boy, newsboy, clerk, operator, and stevedore, finally becoming an operative for Pinkerton’s Detective Agency. Sleuthing suited young Hammett, but World War I intervened, interrupting his work and injuring his health. When Sergeant Hammett was discharged from the last of several hospitals, he resumed detective work. He soon turned to writing, and in the late 1920s Hammett became the unquestioned master of detective-story fiction in America. In The Maltese Falcon (1930) he first introduced his famous private eye, Sam Spade. The Thin Man (1932) offered another immortal sleuth, Nick Charles. Red Harvest (1929), The Dain Curse (1929), and The Glass Key (1931) are among his most successful novels. During World War II, Hammett again served as sergeant in the Army, this time for more than two years, most of which he spent in the Aleutians. Hammett’s later life was marked in part by ill health, alcoholism, a period of imprisonment related to his alleged membership in the Communist Party, and by his long-time companion, the author Lillian Hellman, with whom he had a very volatile relationship. His attempt at autobiographical fiction survives in the story “Tulip,” which is contained in the posthumous collection The Big Knockover (1966, edited by Lillian Hellman). Another volume of his stories, The Continental Op (1974, edited by Stephen Marcus), introduced the final Hammett character: the “Op,” a nameless detective (or “operative”) who displays little of his personality, making him a classic tough guy in the hard-boiled mold—a bit like Hammett himself.
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Red Harvest
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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Book 241. First paperback publication. Featuring the Continental Op. A bright, near fine copy. Cover art by Hoffman.; Small octavo.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition of the author's first book and "acknowledged literary landmark" (New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips. An exceptional example in a completely unrestored early issue dust jacket, which is usually encountered with restoration. Rare and desirable. When… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo in Red Cloth Boards, without scarce dust jacket, Good-/none. A very rare first edition of Hammett's first book. Boards bumped at corner's revealing underlying boards, bumping to head and tail of spine where cloth is frayed, cloth fraying on both joints between spine and boards, some scuffing to… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Books 241. First paperback publication. Creases to covers. A very good+ copy.; Small octavo.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original red cloth decorated in black and yellow; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with bright and shark stamping, slight fading to spine cloth; former owner bookplate to front pastedown with associated offsetting to adjacent page and half-title is roughly opened… Read more about this item Item Price
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Red Harvest
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London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth hardcover book in good condition, with multicolored designs on cover, with facsimile dust jacket protected with mylar. This is a stated 1st edition 2nd printing. Binding is slightly loose, with inner hinges worn. Front cover and spine have a large dampstain. Pages are mostly unblemished,… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth hardcover book in good condition, with multicolored designs on cover, with facsimile dust jacket protected with mylar. This is a stated 1st edition 2nd printing. Binding is slightly loose, with inner hinges worn. Design on cloth of spine is worn, cover is quite shelf worn… Read more about this item Item Price
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RED HARVEST
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1930s-1940s [1929]. First Edition Reprint. 8vo., 270 pp., G+/G-; DJ, spine black with tan lettering, black/red/yellow/tan pictorial front cover with black lettering; tearing/chipping with material loss to edges of DJ, with material loss mostly to head and tail of spine, corners, and mid-bottom edge of back cover; age-toning and heavy wear to DJ,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Red Harvest
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RED HARVEST
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New York: Pocket Books Inc., [1943]. First paperback edition. Touch of edge rubbing, a nearly fine copy. (26774). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pocket 241. Hammett's first novel. Item Price
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Red Harvest
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. Copyright page states "Third Printing March, 1931. Dustjacket appears fine, but has had light expert repair & color touch up. There are clear tape repairs to the flap folds on the back of the dustjacket. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar… Read more about this item Item Price
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Red Harvest (Penguin crime 1888)
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Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1963. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. darkening of the edges of the pages, no other damage to detail. First Penguin Publication. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 0262699. .… Read more about this item Item Price
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