Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 50
HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894?1961). Secret Agent X-9 Book Two. P...
Estimate: $300 - $500
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HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894?1961). Secret Agent X-9 Book Two. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1934]. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated comic strips by Alex Raymond (three or four panels per pages), plates by Westcott & Thomson on wove paper. Original side stapled printed boards (same illustration on front and back), spine covered in unprinted binding tape; blue as issued (covers creased with a small corner tear to front cover, light marring to rear cover edges, small corner chip to title page). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. ?? [Together with:] Secret Agent X-9. Nostalgia Press, 1976. 4to. Publisher?s printed softcovers (light marginal worming to first few leaves). Second edition, includes all of book one and two, plus new material. Layman A8.1. Secret Agent X-9 first appeared as a syndicated comic strip in newspapers by King Features from 1934-35.
