Continental Op (Fictitious character)--Fiction.; Spade, Sam (Fictitious character)--Fiction.; Charles, Nick (Fictitious character)--Fiction.; Private investigators--Fiction.; Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Reprint. Originally published: The novels of Dashiell Hammett. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.; (from title page) Red harvest -- The Dain curse -- The Maltese falcon -- The glass key -- The thin man.
Continental Op (Fictitious character)--Fiction.; Private investigators--Fiction.; San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.
Description
Twenty-eight stand-alone stories, two serialized novels, and the only known unfinished Continental Op tale.; Two columns to the page.; Collects all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring Continental Op, the hardworking private eye with an unyielding personal code.; Foreword: Through mud and blood and death and deceit -- section one: the Sutton years. Introduction: the Sutton years, 1923-1924 ; Arson plus ; Crooked souls ; Slippery fingers ; It ; Bodies piled up ; The tenth clew ; Night shots ; Zigzags of treachery ; One hour -- section two: the Cody years, 1924-1926. Introduction: the Cody years, 1924-1926 ; The house in Turk Street ; The girl with the silver eyes ; Women, politics & murder ; The golden horseshoe ; Who killed Bob Teal? ; Mike or Alec or Rufus ; The Whosis Kid ; The scorched face ; Corkscrew ; Dead yellow women ; The gutting of Couffignal ; Creeping Siamese -- section three: the Shaw years. Introduction: the Shaw years, 1926-1930 ; The big knock-over ; $106,000 blood money ; The main death ; This king business ; Fly paper ; The farewell murder ; Death and company -- Bonus: the unfinished Op. Commentary ; Three dimes -- section four: the Continental Op novels. Introduction: The cleansing of Poisonville ; The cleansing of Poisonville ; Crime wanted -- male or female ; Dynamite ; The 19th murder ; Introduction: The Dain curse ; Black lives ; The hollow temple ; Black honeymoon ; Black riddle.
One-volume edition.; Copyright date from verso of title page.; "One-volume edition, published July 20, 1942"--Title page verso.; Publisher's advertisements: p. [2] at end.; The thin man -- The glass key -- The Maltese falcon -- The Dain curse -- Red harvest.
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