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Babylon Revisited Rare Books
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First Edition in green variant dustjacket with no blurbs at front flap. New York City set murder mystery involving "a half mad father, a lying lecherous mother, a bewildered daughter, and a neurotic son." Basis for the classic 1934 black and white 'film noir' directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Maureen O'Sullivan. Very Good, spine tanned, spine ends worn, in almost Near Fine dustjacket, nicked at spine ends.

About The Thin Man

The Thin Man is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in the December 1933 issue of Redbook. It is the last novel Hammett completed and features the characters Nick and Nora Charles, who would later become widely recognized through the series of films made from the book.