THE MALTESE FALCON (Fine Unrestored Copy of the First Edition in Original Publisher's Dust Jacket) by Hammett, Dashiell - 1930

New York: Knopf, 1930. Hammett, Dashiell. THE MALTESE FALCON. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition, first state of the dust jacket with the requisite $2.00 pricing for the two previously published Hammett novels on the rear panel. A FINE, bright and unworn copy in a NEAR FINE original dust jacket (light wear to extremities, tiny chip to lower spine tip, inconsequential small closed tear to front panel's top edge, some very light incidental smudging, price-clipped by the publisher as all copies we've seen). 8vo. 268pp. Publisher's original gray cloth decorated in black and blue, with the Falcon decoration to the front board and top edge stained blue (just a trifle faded). A superior copy which has had no restoration. THE cornerstone of all modern mystery/detective novels. Adapted in 1941 into the legendary film noir directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, and featuring the debut of Sydney Greenstreet.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.