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Woman In The Dark: A Novel of Dangerous Romance
de Hammett, Dashiell
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
-
Spray, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover copy of the 1988 reprint of the 1950s reprint of the original true First Edition, which was published in Liberty magazine. First Edition Thus, being the first hardcover edition. Little discernible wear to the boards, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 75 [1] pp., plus a note about the author, a note about the type.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 355725
- Título
- Woman In The Dark: A Novel of Dangerous Romance
- Autor
- Hammett, Dashiell
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition Thus
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1988
- Tamaño
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Dashiell Hammett mysteries
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