first edition
1944 · New York
by HAMMETT, Dashiell (stories); QUEEN, Ellery (introduction)
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1944. First Edition. First Printing. Digest-sized octavo (19cm); original pictorial card wrappers; 125,[3]pp. Modest wear to joints and wrapper extremities, subtle tanning to text edges; Very Good+. A volume collecting seven short stories – three of them featuring Sam Spade. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and Queen's Quorum title. LAYMAN A11.1.a; HUBIN, p.190. (Inventory #: 63646)