HAMMETT, DASHIELL. 1894-1961. The Thin Man. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.

The Library of David Lloyd, Part IHAMMETT, DASHIELL. 1894-1961.
The Thin Man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 8vo. Publisher's blue-green cloth stamped in red and blue, top edge-stain burgundy, original pictorial dust jacket with green spine, red "Recommended by the BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB" to upper cover, fading to cloth, minor chipping to edges of jacket, some repairs to the verso.FIRST EDITION OF HAMMETT'S NOIR CLASSIC, in variant green jacket (no priority). The Thin Man was quickly adapted into the 1934 film with William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, winning four Academy Awards, and spawning a very successful film franchise. Layman A6.1.a.