Description: Dashiell Hammett: The Library of America Edition by Dashiell Hammett Boxed set of Complete novels: Library of America. 110 / Dashiell Hammett and Crime stories & other writings: Library of America. 125 / Dashiell Hammett. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Here, for the first time in a deluxe collectors box, is the most comprehensive edition of the hard-boiled crime fiction of Dashiell Hammett ever published. Complete Novels , the first of two volumes gathered here, presents the five groundbreaking books whose gritty, lean prose won admiration from such contemporaries as Stein, Hemingway, and Faulkner: Red Harvest , The Dain Curse , The Maltese Falcon , The Glass Key, , and The Thin Man . In the stories he wrote for Black Mask and other pulp magazines in the 1920s and 1930s, Hammett used the vernacular adventure tale to register the jarring textures and revved-up cadences of modern America. Crime Stories & Other Writings presents 24 of these classic tales, along with revealing essays and an early, unfinished version of his novel The Thin Man . The texts, reprinted here for the first time, are those that appeared originally in the pulps, without the revisions introduced by later editors. "An invaluable collection." -- Kirkus Reviews LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. Author Biography Dashiell Samuel Hammett was born in St. Marys 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 Pinkertons 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 Details ISBN1598532189 Author Dashiell Hammett Pages 1901 Publisher Library of America Language English ISBN-10 1598532189 ISBN-13 9781598532180 Media Book Residence US Birth 1894 Death 1961 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-05-02 DEWEY FIC Format Hardcover Short Title DASHIELL HAMMETT THE LIAM 2V Edited by Marcus, Steven Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2013-05-02 NZ Release Date 2013-05-02 US Release Date 2013-05-02 UK Release Date 2013-05-02 Imprint The Library of America Place of Publication New York Subtitle (Two-volume boxed set) Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141751217;
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