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Published by The McCall Company, New York, 1934
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. "The Thin Man" and "The Boomeramg Clue" both illustrated by Joseph Franke (illustrator). It appears this is NOT the first appearance in book form of Hammett's "The Thin Man," reprinted here after its appearance in the December, 1933 edition of "Redbook" magazine. The introduction to the hard-boiled classic here includes a glossy B&W image of the Knopf dust jacket, reporting "Almost immediately upon publication in book form it shot to the top of the best seller list." Christie's "The Boomerang Clue," on the other hand, first appeared in the November, 1933 issue of Redbook, and it appears this is indeed its first AMERICAN book publication -- the introduction here indicates it's "To be published by Dodd, Mead & Co." In fact, the Dodd Mead edition issued in 1935, though we suspect the Collins Crime Club had indeed published this Christie entry in hardcover in 1934, albeit under the title "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" Eberhart's "The Figure in the Fog" (Redbook, September, 1933) had also seen book publication by the time this collection issued, albeit under the changed title "The Dark Garden." Interestingly, the title page for "The Boomerang Clue" describes it as "a complete novel"; the title pages for "The Thin Man" and "The Figure in the Fog" do not, and we're fairly sure that means exactly what you'd suspect -- those two have both been "abridged," here. This volume now reduced from $82.
Hardcover. Condition: Good Pages yellowed. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Waterstains on cover & edge of last 30 pages.; "The Thin Man" by Dashiell Hammett, as well as stories from Mignon C. Eberhart, Agatha Christie, and others. ; quarto.
Published by The Mccall Company, 1934
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Joseph Franke, Paul Ickes, Floyd Davis (illustrator). First Edition. PAGES AGE TONED, CORNERS WORN, otherwise a clean and unmarked copy.
Published by The McCall Company, 1933
Seller: Yes Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards worn on edges, rubbed on back cover, scratched and lightly soiled. Corners, head and base of spine bumped. Pages of text copy age toned. Otherwise a clean and unmarked copy in very good condition.
Published by New York, 1934
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Joseph Franke; Paul Ickes; Floyd Davis (illustrator). First. Six stories included in collection: Dashiell Hammett: Thin Man. Mignon Eberhart: The Figure In The Fog. Philip Gibbs: The Cross of Peace. James Warner Bellah: White Piracy. Agatha Christie: The Boomerang Clue. Charles Clifford: Parade Ground. Illustrations by Joseph Franke, Paul Ickes & Floyd Davis. Printed on delicate paper (toned as always) from the original plates of the magazine publication; each story separated by a glossy leaf advertising the published book that followed the Redbook magazine appearance. 4to, gilt-decorated red boards with black cloth spine. New York: Redbook/The McCall Company, 1934. A very good(+) sharp-looking copy. A special publication by Redbook Magazine designed to celebrate the success of its "complete novel" publications.
Published by Redbook 1933, 1933
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. THE THIN MAN, Redbook, 1933, first edition, wear to corner tips and spine extremities, else a good to very good copy in the publishers original red boards. Also contains THE BOOMERANG CLUE by Christie, THE FIGURE IN THE FOG by Eberhart, THE CROSS OF PEACE by Gibbs, WHITE PIRACY by Bellah and PARADE GROUND by Clifford.
Published by (McCall Co.): np (NY), 1934
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. in orange and black by Joseph Franke, 12 x 8.5", gilt-lettered and gilt-dec black cloth backed boards, vp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities quite worn, spine ends bumped, pp toned otherwise internally fine. The first book appearance of "The Thin Man"; also contains Mignon Eberhart's The Figure in the Fog, Agatha Christie's The Boomerang Club, etc.