Hammett (Dashiell), Raymond Chandler & others. The Hard-Boiled Omnibus.
£175
Early Stories from Black Mask. Edited and with an introduction by Joseph T. Shaw
New York, Simon & Schuster, 1946.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A collection of fifteen stories selected from Black Mask magazine by its editor Joseph T. ‘Cap’ Shaw, widely regarded as the first anthology to attempt to cover the hard-boiled genre, and a landmark in the history of American crime fiction.
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Minor marginal toning; cloth slightly softened at head of spine; jacket spine faded, chip from top edge of lower panel.
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