The Glass Key
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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Hammett, Dashiell: The Glass Key. Grosset & Dunlap Movie Tie-In Edition, 1931. Detective Mystery. USED. Good condition hardcover in Good- condition Rare Original Madison Square lime green movie cast Dust Jacket features Brian Donleavy, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd. Item Price
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London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, preceding the American edition, and first issue, with the Knopf imprint (later issues have the Cassell imprint). Attractive engraved bookplate on the front pastedown, slightly cocked, and with a small, not too obtrusive stain on the front board, otherwise near fine, lacking the rare dustwrapper. A very attractive… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931 First edition, first printing of the author's fourth novel. Bound in the publisher's orange cloth, with a key image stamped in black to the front board, with steel blue and black stamped decorations to the spine. A very good copy with a slight lean to spine, spine ends lightly worn with a touch of… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First American Edition. Attractive copy of Hammett's fourth novel. "Like Personville in Red Harvest, the city is controlled by crooked politicians in league with various mobster factions; but in The Glass Key Hammett gives us an insider's view of the corruption and in fact creates a corrupt political henchman as his protagonist" (Pronzini… Read more about this item Item Price
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London and New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition. A very good copy, remnant of label removal at top of front paste-down, some dustiness and spotting to edges, some mild edge rubbing, blue of cloth faded on spine. Scarce. (10167). Octavo, cloth. Correct first edition, first issue, of this novel, published January, 1931; the American… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. In Very Good condition. Clean text, though pages age toned and show light wear. Small stain to title page, small bookseller tag to rear paste down. Binding lightly shaken. Bottom edge of boards, and top edges near corners are rubbed through with fraying… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931., 1931. First edition. First U. S. edition, preceded by the U. K. edition. A near fine copy in a bright dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends and corners. Paul Madvig is a crooked political boss. Ned Beaumont, his lieutenant and âfixer,â comes upon the dead body of Taylor Henry,… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 282 pages. In Good condition, lacking dust jacket. Bound in light green cloth with red and green patterns and light green lettering on spine. Boards have spine edges chipped off, tearing to joints, corners exposed, bumping to corners, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has light… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition (preceded by the British edition) in first issue dustwapper. The usual light sunning on the boards, a near fine copy in an attractive very good or better wrapper with light sunning on the spine, a couple of small creases and light edgewear. The author's uncommon… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Book 211. Basis for the 1942 Stuart Heisler movie featuring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. Light rubbing to covers. A near fine copy. Cover art by Leo Manso. ; Small octavo.
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Grosset and Dunlap, 1931-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. ~Poor. No DJ. Hardcover. Moderate to heavy shelf wear to boards/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Front hinge cracked, covers stained and water damaged, interior stained as well. Orange cloth over boards with blue outline/border on front cover and spine, key on front cover. 1st edition. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GLASS KEY
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1931. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. Light sunning on spine. Small open tears on panel corners and spine crown and heel. Light shelfwear and rubbing on panel and spine side edges. Small closed tear on bottom rear panel. 1 inch closed tear on rear panel… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. Very Good. First British edition, precedes the American edition. Bound in publisher's original deep blue cloth stamped in red and white, with the Knopf imprint at the base of the spine (later issues list Cassell). Very Good with lean to spine, toning to cloth at spine and edges, large but light… Read more about this item Item Price
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A near fine first edition in very good dust jacket. Owned by Charlie Watts, ROLLING STONE drummer. With contemporay custom
Paramount purchased the film rights prior to its release for a reported $25,000, and the film studio ultimately produced two studio length features adapted from the novel: the first in 1935 starring George Raft, Edward Arnold, and Claire Dodd; the second… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. About Good, lacking the jacket. Grey cloth, generally soiled, rubbed to the boards at the bottom edge, bumped at the corners. Square, bound with a red top stain and some reading wear, hinges loose, clean internally. Hammett's novel of Ned Beaumont and his investigation into the death of… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Photoplay Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 282 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good dust jacket. Faded green spine with dark blue text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has chipping to corners and spine edges, tearing to spine edges, small open tear on front joint, sunning to spine, and mild edge… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1931. A lovely copy in the first issue First edition in book form, first impression, first issue, preceding the US edition by three months. Hammett's classic crime-fiction novel has inspired the films of 1935 and 1942, Orson Welles's radio play of 1939, and the Glass Key award for Scandinavian crime literature. The trophy for the… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Book 211. Basis for the 1942 Stuart Heisler movie featuring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. A few creases and light rubbing to covers and spine. A very good- copy. Cover art by Leo Manso. ; Small octavo.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); jade green cloth, with titling, rule, and decorations stamped in maroon and dark green on spine and covers; dark brown topstain; [viii],282,[2]pp. Worn, binding slightly shaken, topstain dulled, cloth a bit faded, foxed, and lightly soiled, with some minor board exposure, an abrasion to lower front… Read more about this item Item Price
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