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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterfully researched biography, Dashiell Hammett: A Life chronicles the turbulent and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind every hard-boiled detective story lies the man who invented the genre — and Diane Johnson's The Life of Dashiell Hammett is the definitive portrait...

Author: Dashiell HammettBinding: HardbackPublished: Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1934Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis classic of hardboiled detective fiction, The Thin...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerThis hardboiled detective novel, Hammett, plunges readers into the gritty underworld of 1920s San Francisco, where...

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...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, fading to spine and edges. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: -. Binding: Intact but showing age-related wear....

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Edition: First UK ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhen a seemingly routine case spirals into a web of deception and hidden motives, the tension never...

A collection of Anthony Powell's best critical writing over a period of four decades, drawn from his regular reviews for the "Daily Telegraph", occasional humorous pieces for "Punch" and more...

The world has lost its magic - literally - and Fetch is done being a hero. Once a detective, all he wants now is to run his cafe in peace....

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