Creeps by Night by Dashiell Hammett (1944 Forum Books Edition)
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Creeps by Night by Dashiell Hammett (1944 Forum Books Edition)
$300.00 USD
Creeps by Night by Dashiell Hammett (1944 Forum Books Edition)
Authors: Dashiell Hammett
Location: Cleveland and New York
Publisher: The World Publishing Company
Date: 1944
Features: Reissue. First thus, states "Forum Books Edition, First Printing January 1944." Navy blue cloth with yellow stamping to spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket, "0100" printed price on flap. Collects 20 stories. Selection and Introduction by Dashiell Hammett. Stories: "Mr. Arcularis" by Conrad Aiken; "The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft; "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner; "Green Thoughts" by John Collier; "The Ghost of Alexander Perks, A.B. by Robert Dean Frisbie; "The House" by AndreÌ Maurois; "The Kill" by Peter Fleming; "Ten O'Clock" by Philip MacDonald; "The Spider" by Hanns Heinz Ewers; "Breakdown" by L. A. G. Strong; "The Witch's Vengeance" by W. B. Seabrook; "The Rat" by S. Fowler Wright; "Faith, Hope and Charity" by Irvin S. Cobb; "The Strange Case of Mrs. Arkwright" by Harold Dearden; "The King of the Cats" by Stephen Vincent BeneÌt; "The Red Brain" by Donald Wandrei; "The Phantom Bus" by W. Elwyn Backus; "Beyond the Door" by Paul Suter; "Perchance to Dream" by Michael Joyce; "A Visitor from Egypt" by Frank Belknap Long.
Book Condition: Near Fine: A firm square copy with the tanning to the text block - wartime paper shortages, quality suffered.
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+: A bright jacket with some creasing and minor tears to edges. Not price-clipped. Brodart cover.
Notes: This collection first published by The John Day Company, New York 1931.
HCX15647-1
Authors: Dashiell Hammett
Location: Cleveland and New York
Publisher: The World Publishing Company
Date: 1944
Features: Reissue. First thus, states "Forum Books Edition, First Printing January 1944." Navy blue cloth with yellow stamping to spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket, "0100" printed price on flap. Collects 20 stories. Selection and Introduction by Dashiell Hammett. Stories: "Mr. Arcularis" by Conrad Aiken; "The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft; "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner; "Green Thoughts" by John Collier; "The Ghost of Alexander Perks, A.B. by Robert Dean Frisbie; "The House" by AndreÌ Maurois; "The Kill" by Peter Fleming; "Ten O'Clock" by Philip MacDonald; "The Spider" by Hanns Heinz Ewers; "Breakdown" by L. A. G. Strong; "The Witch's Vengeance" by W. B. Seabrook; "The Rat" by S. Fowler Wright; "Faith, Hope and Charity" by Irvin S. Cobb; "The Strange Case of Mrs. Arkwright" by Harold Dearden; "The King of the Cats" by Stephen Vincent BeneÌt; "The Red Brain" by Donald Wandrei; "The Phantom Bus" by W. Elwyn Backus; "Beyond the Door" by Paul Suter; "Perchance to Dream" by Michael Joyce; "A Visitor from Egypt" by Frank Belknap Long.
Book Condition: Near Fine: A firm square copy with the tanning to the text block - wartime paper shortages, quality suffered.
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+: A bright jacket with some creasing and minor tears to edges. Not price-clipped. Brodart cover.
Notes: This collection first published by The John Day Company, New York 1931.
HCX15647-1