Description: Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him? First Modern Library edition stated on publisher page. No dust jacket. Blue boards with gilt title and decoration are in good condition with light wear and fading to spine. Spotting/staining to inside of front board, inside of rear board and first cover page as per photo. Crease to page 199/200 but otherwise internal pages are clean and unmarked.
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Fiction Subject: Crime & Thriller
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Publisher: The Modern Library
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Weight: 300 g
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1934
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