Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sat, Mar 13, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 52
HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894?1961). Three Press Photos Including...
Estimate: $100 - $200
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HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894?1961). Three Press Photos Including the Author Being Arrested for Communist Activity. Includes the author in handcuffs in 1951 (7 ? x 4 ??) after he was sentenced to six months in prison for ?refusing to tell where the Communist party gets all its bail money? (original label on verso); the author testifying before the senate investigations subcommittee in 1953, refusing to say whether he is or has been a communist (9 ? x 6 ??); and Hammett with Lillian Hellman in the 1920s from ?Dashiell Hammett: A Life? by Diane Johnson (Random House, 1983).
