Dashiell HAMMETT
[BIBLIOTHEQUE DU PAQUEBOT NORMANDIE] Omnibus : Red Harvest - The dain curse - The maltese falcon
Alfred A. Knopf|New York 1935|12.5 x 18.5 cm|Relié
First collected edition bringing together these three titles for the first time in a single volume.
Contemporary black half shagreen binding with corners, spine with three raised bands, gilt anchor stamped at foot of spine, minor rubbing to spine, gilt medallion in the upper left corner of the upper board depicting the liner Normandie with three red and black inlaid shagreen pieces representing its funnels; marbled endpapers and pastedowns, binding executed at the time for the SS Normandie.
A handsome copy with a prestigious provenance.
€500