HAMMETT, Dashiell.
The Maltese Falcon.
The Maltese Falcon.
Stock Code 112976
New York & London, Alfred A. Knopf, 1930
First edition, first printing; 8vo; some light spotting confined to margins, else unmarked internally; publisher's grey cloth, decoration to upper board and titles to spine in blue and black, blue topstain, small mark to upper cover, some discolouration to cloth, spine gently cocked, with the price-clipped first issue dust-jacket with summary printed on front flap, loss at head and tail of spine, expert repair to two folds; an exceptional copy.
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