Dashiell Hammett Bibliography

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Dashiell Hammett was born in 1894 in Maryland USA and had a string of minor jobs before working for Pinkerton's. This provided him with plenty of source material for his initial attempts at writing. His first works were short stories and serialisations for pulp magazines, most notably Black Mask. Although he only published 5 novel he wrote literally hundreds of stories. The novels have become legendary not only in the Crime Fiction genre but also American literature. His hard boiled character Sam Spade creating a template still copied by authors today. The character was immortalised by Humphrey Bogart in the film adaptation. The author had a life long habit of heavy smoking and hard drinking which constantly took its toil leading ultimately to his  death in 1961. If you are looking to buy or sell books then our find a bookshop section may be of some assistance.

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Short Story Collections - US First Editions

Title	Publisher	Date
$106,000 Blood Money	Spivak	1943
The Adventures of Sam Spade	Spivak	1944
The Continental Op	Spivak	1945
The Return of the Continental Op	Spivak	1945
Hammett Homicides	Spivak	1946
Dead Yellow Women	Spivak	1947
Nightmare Town	Spivak	1948
The Creeping Siamese	Spivak	1950
Woman in the Dark	Spivak	1950
A Man Named Thin	Spivak	1962
The Big Knockover	Random	1966