DASHIELL HAMMETT. — The Thin Man. A novel.

Arthur Barker Ltd., London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing), issued the same year as the considerably more common US edition. 8vo. 284pp. Orange cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board with a black-stamped outline of our hero. Includes the two required errors: a typographical mistake on p.228 and a spelling error on p.255. The backstrip cloth just slightly faded, and with a little bruising to the backstrip ends. The binding cracked but perfectly sound at the rear hinge. A touch of wear to the cloth at the head of the upper gutter. Neat former owner bookplate to the front pastedown. A very good copy, lacking the fugitive dust wrapper. The author's fifth and final novel, a light-hearted detective romp introducing married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles. Layman A6.3., Very Good, No Jacket