Tag Archives: Valentine

Hammett: Interesting Old News

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Don

Will Murray has been delving into the vasty archives of newspapers available on the net for the dedicated researcher. You’ll remember him here for his discovery that, in fact, Hammett did not write the story “The Diamond Wager”. A major … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, News | Tagged "The Diamond Wager", Black Mask, Bogie, Dwight Frye, John Barrymore, John D. Squires, Kenneth Robseon, newspaper action, Pru Whitfield, Raoul Whitfield, The Chico Record, The Midget Bandit, Valentine, Warren Harris, Will Murray |

Rediscovered: House of Bogart

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Don

Brian Leno keeps getting new autograph material all the time, every week, sometimes every day — he even has stuff crawling out of his immeasurable horde, practically attacking him. Here he is with another episode pulled straight from the life … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, News | Tagged Algernon Blackwood, Autographs, Bogie, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Doug Fairbanks, Guy Bogart, Lucy Bogart, Valentine |

Hammett: 94 Years Ago Today

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Don

For the official publication date for The Maltese Falcon Valentine’s Day 1930 was selected by the Alfred A. Knopf Company. 94 years ago. Got to be the most hard-boiled romance novel of all time. Something like love in the air, … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: A William H. Kofoed John Hancock

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday again, and signature maven Brian Leno reports in with one of his (many) recent acquisitions (Call Them Legion). “On ABE I saw a copy of a book titled Mirage, signed by William H. Kofoed,” Brian says, “who … Continue reading →

Posted in Boxing, Dash, REH | Tagged "Peter Collinson", Al Capone, Autographs, Brian Leno, Brief Stories, Dime Sports Magazine, Fight Stories, Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, Otis Adelbert Kline, Valentine, William H. Kofoed |

Rediscovered: The Romantic Count von Cosel

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Don

Well, maybe The Maltese Falcon isn’t the sickest love story ever. . . . Late last year Brian Leno got to poking around in the Unusual and popped some stuff my way, which I realized might not be quite appropriate … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Count Karl Tanzler von Cosel, Fantastic Adventures, Key West, Les Cole, Ray Palmer, Valentine |

Hammett: 92 Years Ago Today

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Don

Valentine’s Day — for some reason or just random coincidence, one of those beams falling you hear about, in 1930 the Alfred A. Knopf company selected this date for the official publication of a little noir love story titled The … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash | Tagged Falcon from Knopf, Valentine |

Hammett: Pick-Up on Post Street

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Don

Sitting in his rooms in 891 Post Street in San Francisco one of the star writers for the wood-pulp Black Mask cooked up a yarn that would make him the name to conjure with for closing in on a century … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco | Tagged 891 Post, Black Mask, Valentine |

Hammett: And 90 Years Ago Today

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Don

A couple of sweet lovebirds named Sam and Brigid made woo as Alfred A. Knopf released a new novel by Dashiell Hammett. The title? The Maltese Falcon. Happy Valentine’s Day, you romantic saps.

Posted in Dash | Tagged Bogie, Falcon from Knopf, Valentine |

Hammett: Valentine 89

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Don

Eighty-nine years ago today Alfred A. Knopf published the first edition of The Maltese Falcon by a writer named Dashiell Hammett. Perhaps you’ve heard of it.

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Hammett: A Parable for Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Don

An even eighty-eight years ago today Knopf released a little tale of mystery and romance you know by the handle of The Maltese Falcon. Yes, timed for release on Valentine’s Day. Every Valentine’s Day for years now I’ve had to … Continue reading →