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HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894-1961). The Thin Man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 8vo. Publisher’s grayish-yellow green cloth binding with stamped deep blue mask set in stamped red frame (toning, foxing); facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Layman A 6.1.a. –– [Together with]: The Thin Man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Publisher’s grayish–yellow green cloth binding with stamped deep blue mask set in stamped red frame (toning); facsimile dust jacket. Second printing. –– The last of Hammett’s novels to be published in his lifetime, The Thin Man was the basis for the motion picture of the same name released only a few months after the book’s publication and starring William Powell and Myrna Loy.