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HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894–1961). The Thin Man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 8vo. Publisher’s grayish yellow-green cloth, upper cover stamped with a central deep blue mask device and ruled in red, spine stamped in red and blue, burgundy top stain (extremities a bit sunned); lacking jacket. SIGNED BY ACTOR WILLIAM POWELL on second half–title. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of the author’s fifth and last novel. Layman A6.1.a. William Powell portrayed Nick Charles in the 1934 American comedy–mystery “The Thin Man” directed by W. S. Van Dyke.