NMLP P-005683 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Glass Key
Dashiell Hammett · Alfred A. Knopf (London) · 1931
The London Knopf edition (20 January 1931) precedes the New York Knopf edition (April 1931) by roughly three months and is the true first; the New York printing is generally catalogued as the First American Edition and carries the Borzoi device. The novel was serialized in Black Mask in 1930 before book publication.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005683 for "The Glass Key" by Dashiell Hammett (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005683, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).