Shadow man: The life of Dashiell Hammett de Richard Layman - 1981

Harcourt Trade Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harcourt Trade Publishers. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Harcourt Trade Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Harcourt Brace Javanovich. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0151814597 . Jacket has light edgewear and a soiled back panel. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 285 pages .

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P, 1981. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York. 1981. Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0151814597. 285 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Rubin Pfeffer. keywords: Mystery Biography America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The first full account of the life and career of the enigmatic mystery writer who transformed the detective novel into a uniquely American art form. Forced by ill health to give up working as a Pinkerton detective at the age of 28, Dashiell Hammett began writing mystery fiction to support himself. Turning his back on the so-called Golden Age of mystery fiction, with its amateur sleuths, convoluted puzzlelike plots, and country-manor settings, Hammett developed a style of hard realism and sharp characterization, drawing on his experiences as a detective to portray the ‘mud and blood and death and deceit' of the real criminal world. As Raymond Chandler observed, Hammett ‘gave murder back to the people who commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse.' When he submitted… Leer más

Very Good. small rip on book slip

First edition first printing of this look into the life of Dashiell Hammett. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition.