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Item Details

Description

Heading: 297310_14.jpg
Author:
Title: Hammett, Dashiell
Place Published: The Dain Curse
Publisher:New York
Date Published: Alfred A. Knopf
Description: 1929

(8vo) original yellow cloth. First Edition.

Bookplate from Pequod Press printer/publisher John Ruyle. Bears first edition point "dopped in" at page 260 line 19.

Condition

Spine sunned, soiling to cloth, slight lean, toning to endpaper, with hints of toning to endpapers and edges, a few stains within; very good.

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Dashiell Hammett The Dain Curse 1st US

Name: Dashiell Hammett The Dain Curse 1st US
SKU: 65472625
Price: 300 USD
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