The Maltese Falcon

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1930 First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Dashiell Hammett on a typed letter laid into the book. A spectacular copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the First Issue dustjacket. This ORIGINAL sophisticated dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy in collector's condition SIGNED by the author. We buy Hammett First Editions with the ORIGINAL dustjacket.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

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.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1930 First Edition, First Printing. A wonderful First issue dustjacket with a summary printed on the front flap that was changed to blurbs on later printings. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the front panel and spine. The book is in great shape and is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's grey cloth. The binding is tight with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Later edition, seventh printing. 8vo. With the recipient's leather bookplate on the spine, some cloth spotting, front hinge cracked and partially mended, very good. Supplied is an original G&D dust jacket as well as the two promotional wraparound bands, one of which features illustrations from the film with Bebe Daniels, the first Brigid O'Shaughnessy of the screen. In a custom clamshell box. Later edition, seventh printing. 8vo. Hammett to Bebe Daniels. An extraordinary association copy, inscribed by the author to the female lead of the first film version of his most famous and enduring novel: "For Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels with all good wishes - Dashiell Hammett. Hollywood, August, 1931." The 1931 film's reputation has been eclipsed by the 1941 John Huston version which starred Humphrey Bogart (the 1931 film starred Ricardo Cortez as Spade) and Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy. Daniels married actor Ben Lyon in 1930; the film was released in May, 1931 to very favorable reviews, and its success was a huge boost to Hammett's career.

New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Fine clean copy in a bright second issue dust jacket which has a few expert mends by a paper conservationist mainly at the head of the spine.

New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition, First Printing, Second state dust jacket. Tiny ownership signature else a fine clean copy in a neatly price-clipped second state dust jacket which has a few skillful mends by an expert mends by an paper conservationist. Enclosed in a custom leather and cloth clamshell box. One of the great classics of mystery and detective fiction, Hammett’s masterpiece is also the basis for the great film adaptation directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade; Mary Astor as his femme fatale client; Gladys George; Peter Lorre; and Sydney Greenstreet in his film debut. Simply, one of the greatest films of all time.

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1930. Extravagantly bound in full, gilt ruled ebony Morocco by Zahensdorf for Asprey of London. gilt-ruled spine compartments with gilt titles. Gilt-tooled raised bands, head and tailpieces. Extremely elaborate fleural turn-ins. Marbled endsheets. All edges gilded. 8vo.(5"x7.5"). The First Printing of The First Edition. Innocuous tiny patch of rubbing to front cover, else a Very Fine, flawless, exquisitely bound copy of perhaps the most significant work of American Crime Fiction.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1931. Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1931 pre-Code film, and the first adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's classic hard boiled novel. All but two images with the Warner Brothers / Vitaphone logo at the bottom margin. This first adaptation, made well prior to the establishment of the Hayes Code, carries a set of characters whose common quality is one of general immorality. John Huston's better known 1941 version would translate that quality into a dialogue-intensive, hard boiled (if much warmer) style. The principal image, of Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade with the shadow of the falcon looming behind him, has the original snipe from the film, a "Received" stamp dated May 20, 1931 (eight days prior to the film's release date), and another date stamp of May 27, 1931. Other photos with various stamps relating to the studio or to the collection of Carlos Clarens. 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm). Three images faded to sepia, overall clean and Very Good to Near Fine. Complete collation details available on request.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 First Edition, First Printing. A facsimile dustjacket that is excellent condition. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, and with some wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION. We buy Hammett First Editions.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Very minor cloth soiling, mostly of the spine; very good to fine; a little closer to the latter than the former.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1930. 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. Vignette title page printed in blue and black. 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. 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.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Grey cloth with dark blue titles and decorations to spine and the falcon on the front panel. Wrapped in FACSIMILE DUST JACKET. Cloth a little soiled with edgewear. Pencil inscription on endpaper. A nice copy of Hammett's third and best known book. . 1st Ed. Cloth. VG/Facsimile Dust Jacket. Small 8 Vo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Very minor cloth soiling; a very good, clean copy.

New York: Knopf. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Light gray original cloth with gray topstain. Spine and board edges toned. Bookseller sticker to ffep. Trace of foxing to text block edges. Square, tight unmarked first edition copy, in fine facsimile DJ in mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Knopf, 1930 A very good first edition, with matching 1930 date on copyright page and title page and no mention of later printings. Spine of book slightly sun-darkened. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Knopf, 1930 Very good first edition in a fine facsimile dust jacket. Book has some soiling on the covers and tanning on the spine. Matching 1930 year on title page and copyright page and no mention of later printings. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine.

New York: The Modern Library. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1934. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stated Modern Library first edition (thus). Rust cloth, glit lettering, red topstain. Minor spine ridge, touch of rubbing to gilt on spine, interior unmarked. The jacket, in mylar, has a bit of toning to spine, slight chipping to spine ends/ corners and bottom front panel. A tight square unmarked copy in original jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

San Francisco: Arion Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Black leather quarter bound over gray cloth boards with falcon in leather on front/rear cover. Silver gilt spine titling. Limited to 400 copies. Spine gilt has small rubbed spot else fine + condition. Laid in invitation to publication party for this book. Housed in mildly rubbed publisher's slipcase. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

E-39: Alfred A Knopf. Good. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf. 1930. 267 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Facsimile DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name (and names) present to the reverse of the front and rear boards. Text has some light soil present to the text. A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted three generations of readers. Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon) , Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man) , and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). E-39; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Professionally rebound in 1/4 black calf leather. Red spine labels and 5 raised bands. Gilt spine lettering. New endpapers. Original boards and spine nicely pasted on rear endpaper. A very handsome copy of the best and most famous murder mystery ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 267 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Printing. Hardcover. Good. Grey cloth with black title block, black and green spine decoration, falcon illustration to front board. Soil mark to lower front corner of front board. Front flap from dust jacket has been glued to front pastedown. Front hinge broken at front endpaper. Bookstore stamp and card slot to rear pastedown. Small soil spot to lower front margin from front endpaper which translates, decreasing in size to dedication page. Page 9 shows a closed tear to upper third of text. Pages 34-37 show soiling. Some thumb smudging throughout.

New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/No jacket; Gray boards with black lettering and falcon design on front; Bumping to corners and general edge wear; Binding tight; Two spots of red liquid staining to upper edge of text block, affecting the very top of the pages only; Water damage to lower front corner of the text block, reaching as high as the text on some pages,legibility unaffected; Some dog-earing to pages; Text block toned as usual; 267 pages; LP Collection; Shelve in Case 6. Full-priced Rockville.

San Francisco, California: The Arion Press, 1983. Very Fine condition in a Very Good slipcase (little rubbed). PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Sharp corners. NO fading. 1983. Limited to 400 copies printed at the Arion Press, San Francisco, under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. The 11th publication of the press. Illustrated with 46 mostly full page, mostly circa 1928 photographs of real locations mentioned in the novel "so that the reader might see the city as it appeared to the eyes of Sam Spade." Photos are captioned on the adjoining pages. Two of the photos are tipped-in. Seven original photographs by Edmund Shea supplement the historic photos. Preface by the publisher and with commentary by modern-day private-eye David Fechheimer. Appendix with notes on the photographs by Glenn Todd. Includes a 4-page fold-out panoramic view of the city from the bay. San Francisco street map endpapers. The types are Bodoni semi-bold and Corvinus medium, decorated with spade ornaments. Printed by letterpress on Byron-Weston Linen Record paper. Handsomely bound in the original gray cloth with black leather spine and foil-stamped black leather "Maltese Falcon" insets on both front and rear covers. The falcon insets are outlined in silver and feature red eyes. Housed in the original matching gray cloth slipcase with black leather silver-stamped spine label. Laid-in is a 2001 letter soliciting funds for the Grabhorn Institute to "preserve this historic facility and adapt it as a living museum..." Oversize Hardcover. 8.25" wide by 10.5" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Arion Press edition 1/400. Oversize Hardcover. Very Fine condition/Very Good slipcase (rubbed). Illus. by Shea, Edmund (photography). ix, 291pp. + 44 photo plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Very Good. Cloth a bit scuffed, soiled and toned. Backstrip appears glued down. Rubbed stamped price to front free end paper, pages toned. A nice copy.

New York; London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+ binding/Fine dust jacket. 12mo. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down along with a portion of the original dustjacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. A few pages have stains. Grey cloth binding. Closed tears and small chips at top and bottom spine with a small loss of cloth. Corners lightly bumped. Shelf-wear to lower extremities. Some staining on front board. Facsimile dustjacket. Digital pictures of book available upon request; DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Good+ binding / Fine dust jacket.

Arion Press, 1983. Hardcover. Good.

San Franci: The Arion Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Half leather, silver and red stamping on black with cloth slipcase. 1 of 400 printed.

New York: Modern Library, 1934. First Modern Library Edition; with a new introduction by the author. Very good in a dust jacket with some foxing and minor wear and tear.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Early reprint from the sixth printing plates. Not a Madison Square edition. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, a couple closed tears at the top edge, a thin chip at the head of the spine, generally rubbed, bumped, and toned. Orange buckram with black ink designs on the spine and front board, featuring the titular falcon. Firmly bound, though with some apparent reading wear, a slight forward lean to the spine, light blue top stain, dated "Aug 31, '31" on the front endpaper. The classic Sam Spade mystery that was famously adapted into the classic 1941 John Huston film starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor.

New York: The Modern Library, circa 1939. An early printing of Modern Library No. 45, Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket. Bound in green cloth with matching topstain and orange patterned endpapers. Spine cloth imperceptibly toned, spine gilt slightly dulled, with a few scattered spots of foxing to the side of the textblock. The jacket is a Near Fine example, reproducing the original artwork of the First Modern Library edition (1934). Price of 95 cents on the front flap, and mention of 265 titles both on the verso and rear panel; Toledano dates it circa 1939. Spine panel moderately toned, with some lighter toning, wear, and three tiny pin-sized holes along the flap folds. Overall, an attractive example of this classic detective novel, and the basis for three films: The Maltese Falcon (1931), Satan Met A Lady (1936), and the 1941 film noir starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. The success of the 1941 film propelled the book's popularity back into the heart of American culture; The Modern Library sold about 27,000 copies during the decade. Scarce.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Reprint. 8vo., 267pp.; VG/G+; spine yellow with black lettering, black falcon; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut; dust jacket has some liquid staining on rear cover; tail of spine has some chipping, the only part of the publisher's name remaining is "Gros"; age-toning to pages, brittle; LP consignment; shelved case 6, Dupont. Full-priced Rockville.

New York: Knopf, 1930. Decorative Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 267pgs, 1st edition, 3rd printing published in April 1930, 2 months after the 1st/1st. This volume has some edgewear, corners slightly bumped, and a moderate stain on the front cover with slight soiling elsewhere on the covers. Previous owner's inscriptions on the endpapers,The binding is in tact and it would be a good place holder until a finer copy can be attained. I am happy to send photographs or answer any questions.

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(Shelton,CT): First Edition Library, (1993). Facsimilie Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 267p octavo, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket in publisher's slipcase.

The Modern Library. Hardcover. B00F74CZAC . New.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Book accented in 22kt gold gilt decoration. All edge gilt, hubbed spines. Part of The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, accented in 22kt gold gilt decoration all edge gilt, hubbed spines. No book plates or owner markings a pristine copy. ; The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

1984-07-09. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2002-03-21. Paperback. Used:Good.

Otto Penzler Books, 1993-09-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Pocket Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1944. Paperback; Fifth Printing. Pocket #268, May 1945 prtg, Including the sexied up dustjacket over the '3 hands & falcon' original wrapper. DJ has no real defects and still glued at the DJ flaps to inside of wrap as when sold, inside wrap is fine. Book has prev owner name inside & very slight slant to spine. Exceptionally nice lesser seen copy. ; Vol. 268; 203 pages .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good. Orange cloth hardcover book in good condition, with facsimile dust jacket in mylar. This is a stated sixth printing of the 1930 1st edition from the same year. Ex-library copy, with due date sticker on back pastedown, a stamp and some pencil scribbles on endpapers. Cover shows significant wear, with fraying and rubbing at edges. Front inner hinge is quite loose, back one is much more secure. Pages quite clean.Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.

random House. PAPERBACK. B002PFH4XO Like New. Clean, Tight and Neat. Five star seller - Buy with confidence! . Fine.

Borzoi Books, 1993. US First Edition, First Printing Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited edition. Otto Penzler facsimile edition from 1993. . Protected in clear Mylar cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf (Otto Penzler Books), 1993. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of this 1993 Otto Penzler facsimile re-issue. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with light soiling at the panels. Thick 12mo, Hammett's legendary tale of Sam Spade and San Francisco.

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 203 pages; Front dust jacket flap is glued down. Small address label on front free endpaper. Has a stamp on the title page saying it's donated by pocket books and presented by Brotherhood of Temple Ohaoei? Shalom. Light rubbing and wear to covers. #268. .

Knopf, 1930. Book. Illus. by Eccles, David. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd printing. April, 1930. Soiling and darkening to cloth. Hinges are sound. No jacket..

London: Knopf, 1930 rough copy suitable for a clean up and rebind or just as an example of the first British edition, title page dated 1930 no other publication information, navy blue cloth well rubbed and soiled with frayed corners and spine ends, black falcon to top corner, spine title in red and with a black falcon to spine as well, lower joint partially split, front and rear paste downs have marker pen peace movement symbols, lacks both free endpapers, starts with the title page which is heavily foxed, and has a tidy tear from bottom left up to just below the copyright information at the foot of the page, some foxing or soiling throughout, heaviest at front and back, small blue CANCELLED stamp at pp 81, 161, 219 and 280 (at foot of last page) this needs at the least resewing to tighten and rebacking of the cloth, no dustwrapper, rare first edition hard boiled / noir classic. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.