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HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894–1961). The Dain Curse. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 8vo. Publisher’s medium yellow cloth, upper cover stamped in a reddish orange skull and crossbones, spine stamped in black and red (dust soiling to covers, ends slightly fraying, few marginal stains, bookplate of Charles Thomas Malburn to ffep); facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Hammett’s second novel featuring the nameless detective, the Continental Op. Layman A2.1.a.