Dashiell Hammett
66 copies for sale · $20–$60,000 · 34 first editions · 1 signed
Notable copies for sale
Red Harvest (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$60,000
Secret Agent X-9. Book 2 (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$500
The Maltese Falcon (first edition) — Royal Books$150
The Glass Key (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$350
THE MALTESE FALCON (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$36,000
Red Harvest (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$3,000
THE GLASS KEY (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$2,998
The Maltese Falcon (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
Thin Man (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$2,000
Red Harvest (first edition) — Second Story Books$720
THE CONTINENTAL OP (first edition) — L. W. Currey$75
The Dashiell Hammett Story Omnibus (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£65
What these are worth
Red Harvest (first edition)5 copies from 5 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
RED HARVEST5 copies · $720–$2,250
Maltese Falcon4 copies · $150–$22,500
Red Harvest3 copies · $900–$60,000
THE MALTESE FALCON3 copies · $1,800–$36,000
The Thin Man3 copies · $1,250–$32,000
THE GLASS KEY3 copies · $150–$2,998
The Thin Man3 copies · $150–$2,000
The Glass Key3 copies · $75–$1,200
The Maltese Falcon2 copies · $450–$4,000
The Thin Man2 copies · $500–$1,250
The Dain Curse2 copies · $20–$1,000
The Dain Curse2 copies · £800–£975
The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett2 copies · $160
FIVE COMPLETE NOVELS : ; Red Harvest, the Dain Curse, the Maltese Falcon, the Glass Key, a2 copies · $48–$83
THE BIG KNOCKOVER2 copies · $71–$73
THE CONTINENTAL OP2 copies · $37–$73
Red Harvest1 copy · £97,500
THE THIN MAN1 copy · $25,000
Secret Agent X-9. Book 21 copy · $500
Market context
22 copies of Dashiell Hammett's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $52 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Maltese Falcon, first edition, New York, 1930. (forum, 2026-07-02)£460
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