The Maltese Falcon. With a New Introduction

by the Author by Dashiell Hammett

£45 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

New York: Modern Library, 1934. Detective fiction VINTAGE REPRINT. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.ix 3 267 9 . Publisher's red cloth, black gilt-lettered labels to upper board and spine. Top edge black. Pictorial grey endpapers with publisher's imprint on them. Light internal toning. Toning to cloth, especially spine. Very good. Featuring Sam Spade, Hammett's most famous detective and the virtual prototype of the tough-guy private investigator, portrayed by

• Printing: later

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