The Maltese Falcon.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 Stock Code: 130249![[A set of 12 works of Hammet's collected short fiction:]](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/f7cdeb73106237ab6554a7d221f94b63/9/4/94424.jpg)
An attractive copy of one of the greatest detective thrillers of the 20th century
First edition, first printing, of one of the greatest detective thrillers of the 20th century. The Maltese Falcon was adapted as a film noir in 1941, written and directed by John Huston, and featuring Humphrey Bogart in the lead role.Description
Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine and falcon design to front cover in green and black, publisher's device in black to rear cover, top edge grey, others untrimmed.
Illustrations
Vignette title page printed in blue and black.
Condition
Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Browned spine gently rolled, light foxing to cloth, book block edges, and occasionally to margins; a very good copy.
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