HAMMETT, Dashiell The Maltese Falcon New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1930.
8vo. Original grey pictorial cloth, falcon design printed in green, top edge grey; pp. 267; previous owner's signature to front pastedown, near fine.
First edition. One of the greatest "hardboiled" crime thrillers of the twentieth century and the source for John Huston's seminal 1941 film noir, starring Humphrey Bogart in one of his most iconic roles as Sam Spade. The cloth binding of this book very rarely survives in such clean and beautiful condition.
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