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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 printing. Near fine.. First edition in book form of the hard-boiled classic, in which private detective Sam Spade chases a valuable artifact with the femme fatale Brigid O'Shaughnessy, rarely found with the original dust jacket (here professionally restored). Hammett, a former Pinkerton detective, was one of the primary pioneers of a distinctly American strain of detective fiction: the hard boiled. THE MALTESE FALCON captures many of the key traits of the genre, including a gritty setting (in this case 1920s San Francisco), morally ambiguous characters where no one seems entirely "good, " and an isolated, lone-wolf protagonist who lacks the gentlemanly demeanor of famous antecedents like Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in a series of five issues of THE BLACK MASK beginning September 1929. Although the book didn't live up to Knopf's hopes, selling about a tenth the copies A FAREWELL TO ARMS did the previous year, it was vaulted to icon status with the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition, fourth printing. Title page printed in black with falcon in blue. [xii], 267, [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey cloth stamped in blue with falcon motif with some soiling, and some toning to spine, otherwise near fine condition, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Bookplate of Joyce Newland Fluhr on front pastedown, bookseller ticket of the Satyr Book Shop on the rear pastedown. In 1930 dust jacket, unpriced, supplied from another copy, with Japanese tissue repair to hinges of front and rear flaps, to a three-quarter inch section of loss to bottom of front panel and to losses to head and foot of the spine, with in-coloring facsimile of letters "The Malt" from the spine title, and the lower edges of the Borzoi logo. Boxed. First edition, fourth printing. Title page printed in black with falcon in blue. [xii], 267, [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hollywood, 1930: An Inscribed 'Falcon'. A choice copy of one of the defining novels of… 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 & London: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1929-34. Finely bound set of Hammett's detective novels in first edition First editions, first printings, of the complete series of Hammett's seminal full-length detective novels. As usual The Glass Key is the first American edition: the scarce first edition was printed in London three months earlier during Knopf's ill-fated attempt to break into the British market. 5 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, pictorial motifs gilt on front covers after the originals, single rules on covers, twin rule to turn-ins, purple endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in a dark blue cloth slipcase by The Chelsea Bindery. A fine set.

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." 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.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition. Near Fine. A solid Nearly Fine copy of Hammett's masterpiece, lacking the original dust jacket. Spine just minutely toned, otherwise very bright and fresh. Hammett's classic hard-boiled detective tale, which would go on to influence countless others in the genre. The story features the first appearance of Sam Spade - a character Hammett referred to as a man with "no original" - and was initially serialized in the classic pulp magazine Black Mask before it was published in book form. Hammett was inspired by his own work as a detective, which is thought to have contributed to Hammett's lauded realism. Famed mystery author, Raymond Chandler, said of the work: "If you can show me 20 books written approximately 20 years back that have as much guts and life now, I'll eat them between slices of Edmund Wilson's head." The Maltese Falcon also inspired numerous films, including the 1941 noir classic of the same name, (which Variety called "one of the best… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1930. First. hardcover. Near fine.. A near fine first edition, with 1930 on the title page and no mention of later printings on the copyright page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

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, London and New York, 1930. The first UK edition (first printing), issued five months after the US issue. 8vo. 280pp. Blue smooth-weave cloth lettered in red at the spine with a small black-stamped falcon design to the backstrip and 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 availability of the first American edition, this… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Full Description: HAMMETT, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition. Octavo (7 7/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 188 x 131 mm). [4, blank], [8], 267, [1], [4, blank] pp. Original light gray cloth decoratively stamped in dark grayish blue and black on front cover and spine. Front cover stamped with a falcon. Top edge stained dark blue, others uncut. Spine a bit sunned. With a portion of the front flap of the first issue dust jacket neatly affixed to front pastedown. A very good or better copy without any wear. The Maltese Falcon was "one of the first examples of hard-boiled fiction, and it marked the first appearance of Hammett's famous private eye, Sam Spade. Dealing with the theft of a jewel-encrusted falcon, which originally belonged to the Knights Templars, the story was as romantic in content as it was realistic and tough in manner. It was filmed three times, and in the version by John Huston (1941), the story became one of the great… Read More

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.

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: 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 .