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Re: RARA-AVIS: _The Maltese Falcon_ in _Black Mask_
Ah, cool Bill. You don't happen to know the dealer's name do you?
James
> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 16:35:56 -0400 (EDT)
> From: William Denton <buff@vex.net>
> To: rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: _The Maltese Falcon_ in _Black Mask_
> Reply-to: rara-avis@icomm.ca
> There was a small pulp convention in Toronto today, and I went down
> and picked up some good stuff (including a first of Charles
> Willeford's _The Machine in Ward Eleven_).
>
> One guy had a few _Black Masks_ on his table, and I asked him how much
> one with a Hamett story would go for. He pointed at the one I had in
> my hand, and said, "Actually, that one has one installment of _The
> Maltese Falcon_ in it." But it wasn't listed on the cover! The lead
> story was a Frederick Nebel, and who knows about him these days? I
> found it very surprising, but maybe they gave Hammett the cover for
> the first installment. The dealer was selling it for US $450, which
> was about 25 times out of my price range, so I didn't get it. It was
> nice to hold it in my hands, though.
>
>
> Bill
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