I believe that I have all the digest-sized paperbacks by
Hammett, published by Spivakm(and one by Ferman) under
varying imprints:
Dashiell Hammett. The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other
Stories, ed. Ellery Queen. New York: Lawrence E. Spivak
(Bestseller Mystery B50), 1944.
Contains 7 stories
including 4 detective stories, 3 of which feature Sam
Spade..
_____. The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories.
Cleveland: World, 1945.
Reprint with reset type
of the Bestseller Mystery edition, but without the Queen
introduction.
_____. They Can Only Hang You Once and Other Stories, ed.
Ellery Queen. New York: The American Mercury, Lawrence E.
Spivak (Mercury Mystery 131), c. 1944.
A new edition (1949) with
rearranged contents of The Adventures of Sam Spade.
_____. The Continental Op, ed. Ellery Queen. New York:
Lawrence E. Spivak
(Bestseller Mystery B62), 1945.
Contains 4 Continental Op
detective stories.
_____. The Return of the Continental Op, introd. [and ed.] by
Ellery Queen. New York: Lawrence E. Spivak (Jonathan Press
J17), 1945.
Contains 5 Continental Op
detective stories.
_____. Hammett Homicides, ed. Ellery Queen. New York:
Lawrence E. Spivak
(Bestseller Mystery B81), 1946.
Contains 6 stories,
including 5 detective stories, all but one featuring the
Continental Op.
_____. Dead Yellow Women, ed. Ellery Queen. New York:
Lawrence E. Spivak
(Jonathan Press J29), 1947.
Contains 4 Continental Op
detective stories, one crime story and one riddle
story.
_____. Nightmare Town, ed Ellery Queen. New York: The
American Mercury, Lawrence E. Spivak, 1948.
Contains 4 stories, 2 of
which feature the Continental Op.
_____. The Creeping Siamese, ed. Ellery Queen. New York:
Lawrence E. Spivak (Jonathan Press J48), 1950.
Contains 6 stories, 4 of
which are detective; 3 feature the Continental Op and one Mr.
Thin.
_____. Woman in the Dark, ed. Ellery Queen. New York:
Lawrence E. Spivak
(Jonathan Press J59), 1951.
Contains 7 stories,
including 3 detective stories featuring the Continental
Op.
_____. A Man Named Thin and Other Stories, ed. Ellery Queen.
New York: Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Mystery 233), 1962.
Contains 8 stories, 2 of
which are detective; one features the Continental Op and one
Mr. Thin.
I can send full contents, if anyone's interested.
Doug
Douglas G. Greene Professor of History Old Dominion
University Norfolk, VA 23529-0091 Phone 757 683-3949
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