Beschreibung:

BLACK MASK. Collection of 31 issues of the pulp magazine Black Mask . New York, December 1921 - February 1930. 8 o. Original pictorial wrappers (light chipping to some spines and margins). Includes: Dec. 1921; Feb. 1922; April. 1922; Sep. 1922; April 1 1923; April 15 1923; March 15 1924; April 1 1924 (Dashiell Hammett); May 1926 (Carroll John Daly); Oct. 1927 (Raoul F. Whitfield); March 1928 (Daly); April 1928 (Erle Stanley Gardner, Hammett); May 1928; June 1928 (Whitfield); July 1928; Aug. 1928 (Gardner); Sep. 1928 (Frederick L. Nebel); Oct. 1928; March 1929 (Daly); April 1929; May 1929 (Nebel); June 1929 (Daly); July 1929 (Gardner); Aug. 1929 (Hammett); Feb. 1930 (Hammett); April 1930 (Nebel, Hammett); June 1930 (Daly, Hammett); July 1930; Aug. 1930 (Nebel); Oct. 1930 (Daly); Nov. 1930. (Nebel, Hammett). [ With ]: HAGEMANN, E.R. A Comprehensive Index to Black Mask. Bowling Green, Ohio, 1982. Published between 1920 and 1951 Black Mask was the most important pulp magazine publishing stories by: Hammett, Chandler, Cain, Daly and many others. Black Mask reached it's heyday between the two world wars, especially under Joseph T. Shaw, editor of the magazine from 1926-1936. Between February 1923 and April 1924 Black Mask was issued bi-weekly instead of monthly. See also the Hammett lots 121, 123, 125 and 127 for other Black Mask issues. (31)