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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 First edition, first printing. Bound in the publisher's gray cloth, with falcon illustration stamped in steel blue to front board, spine decorations and lettering stamped in steel blue and black, black top stain. Original illustrated dust jacket with the iconic image of the falcon to the front panel and spine. Very good or better with light dampstaining to front cover and few minor spots; in the original unclipped (priced $2.00) dust jacket with extensive restoration to spine and along edges, folds professionally reinforced to verso. The Maltese Falcon is the author's third novel and the only book to feature the fictional private detective Sam Spade. Originally published in five installments in the pulp magazine Black Mask from September 1929 - January 1930, The Maltese Falcon marks a departure from Hammett's protagonist The Continental Op, who starred in his first two novels. Sam Spade is a conglomeration of Hammett's earlier detective figures,… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition, first printing of one of the earliest and most influential detective stories of all time. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good second state dust jacket with professional restoration. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Originally serialized in Black Mask Magazine in 1929, Dashiell Hammet's The Maltese Falcon is considered to be the first hard-boiled detective novel and the progenitor of the genre. The third-person narrative unfolds in San Francisco where private detective Sam Spade is hired to follow Floyd Thursday, the man who has run off with his client, Miss Wonderly's sister. Multiple shootings, romance, and intrigue prevail as Spade is led on a wild goose chase to secure the title object, a foot-high black statuette of unknown but substantial value. The novel was adapted for the screen four times, the third and best-known version, filmed in 1941, is considered to be a film-noir classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor.

New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition, First Printing, Second state dust jacket. Tiny ownership signature else a fine clean copy in a neatly price-clipped second state dust jacket which has a few skillful mends by an expert mends by an paper conservationist. Enclosed in a custom leather and cloth clamshell box. One of the great classics of mystery and detective fiction, Hammett’s masterpiece is also the basis for the great film adaptation directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade; Mary Astor as his femme fatale client; Gladys George; Peter Lorre; and Sydney Greenstreet in his film debut. Simply, one of the greatest films of all time.

New York: Knopf, 1930. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo, re-bound in a five color leather collaged binding, imitating the original dust wrapper; marbled edges & end-papers. New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition.<br/> <br/> A unique copy, preserved in a cloth slipcase, with collage marbled paper design.<br/> <br/>

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition, first printing. A square, tight, clean, very good copy. A very presentable copy. No dust jacket. (#151300) (16849). Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-267 [268: colophon] [269-272: blank] [note: first two and last two leaves are blanks], title page printed in blue-gray and black, decorated light gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in blue-gray and black, running Borzoi stamped in black on rear panel, top edge stained light blue-gray, other edges rough trimmed. The first Sam Spade book. A Haycraft-Queen "cornerstone." [Reference: Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books 16. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 336-8. Layman A.3.1.a].

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. First Grosset & Dunlap edition of this classic crime novel. A clean unmarked Near Fine copy with only imperfection a uniform page tanning to the pages (due to age) in a very good unclipped jacket. DJ in archival cover chips. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1930.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. Perhaps the most influential single work in solidifying the conventions, style, and character of hard-boiled fiction, both a cornerstone and highlight of any collection of twentieth century fiction. Basis for three film adaptations between 1931 and 1941-the 1941 groundbreaking adaptation by John Huston starring Humphrey Bogart legendary on every level, cementing the foundation of the noir style. Publisher's cloth. About Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket, with a lightly toned spine and a contemporary owner name at the top left corner of the front pastedown. Housed in a custom blue quarter-leather clamshell box, with rounded spine, raised bands, and gilt titles. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 132.

Alfred A Knopf. New York. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.6 inches). viii,268pp. A bright clean copy in a fine recent leather binding. Full black morocco. Spine with raised bands. Red title label, gilt. Compartments with gilt lettering, ruled lines and decoration. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original cloth front board, with Falcon design in black, and decorative spine bound in at the rear. A fine copy in fine and attractive leather binding.

Alfred A.Knopf, London and New York, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first UK edition (first printing), issued five months after the US edition. 8vo. 280pp. Blue smooth-weave cloth lettered in red at the spine with a small black-stamped falcon design to the backstrip and to the upper corner of the front board. Publisher's blue top edge stain, very slightly patchy. Just a trace of light bruising to the spine ends and a touch of very light spotting to the fore edge, with a little further spotting to the half-title, title page, and one or two further preliminary and concluding leaves. Free endpapers lightly browned and a tiny bump to the tips of the two lower corners. A touch of very light soiling to occasional leaf margins and, once or twice, to the text block. A very good copy. No dust wrapper. The first and only full-length novel featuring Hammett's celebrated gumshoe Sam Spade. The print runs of the first US and first UK editions are unknown, but considering the relative… Read More

New York: Knopf. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Light gray original cloth with gray topstain. Spine and board edges toned. Bookseller sticker to ffep. Trace of foxing to text block edges. Square, tight unmarked first edition copy, in fine facsimile DJ in mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Alfred A Knopf. New York. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.4 inches). viii,268pp. A bright clean copy internally in the publishers original grey cloth with Falcon design in black to the front board, within a single black ruled line border. Blue and black lettering and symmetrical design to the spine. Publishers Borzoi books logo on rear board in black. Cloth a little toned and faint stain to the bottom of the front board. The spine is slightly darkened but overall a very good copy of this classic detective novel, featuring Hammett's San Francisco private detective Sam Spade.

Pro Distributors Co, 1929. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. 1st Edition. This issue contains one of the five installments in which "The Maltese Falcon" first appeared in print. A few short tears to edges of front and rear cover. Wear to paper at spine ends. The spine is straight and virtually without creasing. A solid copy.

Alfred A. Knopf, London, 1930. First U.K. edition. . 8vo, 280pp. A good hardback copy with darkened spine. Foxing to edges and rear pages. Light offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's name and gift inscription. No dust jacket. .

New York: Alfred Knopf, 1935. First edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition of this Omnibus. Bright green cloth book; endpapers and edges lightly foxed, else a fine, remarkable book in near fine, bright jacket, with only a bit of wear to spine ends. Scarce thus.

New York: David McKay. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. First edition. Number 48 of the Feature Book series. Very good+ in stapled pictorial wrappers. (un-paginated 48pp. ) (7 1/2" X 10 1/4") (Tiny chip at bottom tip of front cover and first page in text. Traces of light shelf-wear at edges. ) A notable rarity among graphic adaptations. ; 7 1/2" x 10 1/2"; 48 pages .

The Modern Library. Stated first Modern Library edition. DJ in archival cover minor toning, very light ware, internally about fine. Rust cloth, gilt lettering, red top stain. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1934.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Printing. Hardcover. Good. Grey cloth with black title block, black and green spine decoration, falcon illustration to front board. Soil mark to lower front corner of front board. Front flap from dust jacket has been glued to front pastedown. Front hinge broken at front endpaper. Bookstore stamp and card slot to rear pastedown. Small soil spot to lower front margin from front endpaper which translates, decreasing in size to dedication page. Page 9 shows a closed tear to upper third of text. Pages 34-37 show soiling. Some thumb smudging throughout.

San Francisco: The Arion Press. Fine. 1983. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. (quarter-bound black leather over blue-gray cloth-covered boards, with the Falcon in black leather (with silver trim and red eye) on both front and rear covers; silver lettering on spine; in slipcase, with no dust jacket, as issued) [a beautiful copy, with both book and slipcase utterly unblemished]. (B&W photographs, endpaper maps) The best edition of Hammett's hard-boiled classic, issued in a printing of 400 copies, each signed on the limitation page by the director of the Arion Press (whose 11th book this was), Andrew Hoyem. Beautifully printed and bound, with the red-eyed Black Bird in leather on both covers, the book is illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs (44 in all, a mixture of vintage and contemporary shots) of the many San Francisco locations that were the setting for the novel, plus a tipped-in frontispiece portrait photo of Hammett and a double fold-out panoramic photo,… Read More

San Francisco: Arion Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Black leather quarter bound over gray cloth boards with falcon in leather on front/rear cover. Silver gilt spine titling. Limited to 400 copies. Spine gilt has small rubbed spot else fine condition. Laid in invitation to publication party for this book. Housed in rubbed publisher's slipcase. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 267 pages. In Good plus condition, and lacking issued dust jacket. Bound in gray cloth with black and blue decoration, with white lettering. Moderate shelf wear. Soiling to covers and spine. Fraying to cloth around edges. Flaps from previous jacket glued to pastedowns, and back panel of jacket glued to front free endpaper. Age toning and scattered soiling throughout text block. Some separation of text block from spine, visible on verso of front free endpaper with webbing exposed. Shelved in Case 6. 1372796. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.