DEAD YELLOW WOMEN
first edition
1947
by HAMMETT, Dashiell
1947. HAMMETT, Dashiell. DEAD YELLOW WOMEN. Detective and Murder Stories, selected and edited by Ellery Queen. New York: Dell, (1947). Second edition, first printing. A "Dell Mapback." 12mo., color wrappers. Mild skewing and bowing with a touch of shallow creasing to the volume overall, with just a hint of wear to extremes; the usual age-browning to the pages; slight rubbing to wraps, but the cover illustration is still bright and fresh; a tight, about very good copy overall. (Layman A15. 2a). (Inventory #: 70468)