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HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894–1961). Red Harvest. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 8vo. Publisher’s red cloth, upper cover stamped in a yellow skull and crossbones, spine stamped in black and yellow (spine gently sunned, joints starting); facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of the author’s first novel featuring the first appearance of Continental Op and his attempt to clean out “Poisonville” of gangsters and corruption. Layman A1.1.a.