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HAMMETT, DASHIELL.
The Maltese Falcon.
8vo, original grey cloth, spine
blocked in black and blue design, front cover with falcon design in blue, rear cover with
Borzoi imprint; first issue pictorial dust jacket, few small areas of restoration to spine panel
ends and corners, small abrasion mended in center of rear panel, clean 2 inch split along
bottom of front flap, price-clipped; binding tight and internally clean; preserved in custom
drop-back case.
New York: Knopf, 1930
[35,000/50,000]
FIRST EDITION
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A superb copy in the rare dust jacket of one of the most influential detective
novels of all time, and the touchstone for all subsequent “private eye” fiction. Layman
A.1.1.b; Haycraft Queen Cornerstone.
