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The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Scotia, New York, United States
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About This Item
Grosset and Dunlap reprint, undated, with the 1930 Knopf copyright notice reproduced on the copyright page.
Guessing circa 1935 for a printing date, as the title page does not have the "wartime paper" blurb.
Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Plus. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
In all respects, a well preserved copy.
Please message me with any questions.
Synopsis
The Maltese Falcon , author Dashiell Hammett’s third novel, set the standard by which all subsequent detective fiction would be judged. Set in San Francisco in the late 1920s, the novel introduces us to private detective Sam Spade, who characterizes the archetype of the hard-boiled detective in his dead-pan pursuit of the recovery of a black figurine. Having worked for a time for the Pinkerton Detective Agency in San Francisco, Hammett reportedly drew upon his years as a detective in creating Spade and many of the other characters for The Maltese Falcon . The Maltese Falcon was originally serialized in HL Mencken’s “pulp” magazine, Black Mask, beginning with the September 1929 issue. For publication of the book form, editor Blanche Knopf tried to tone down the overt sexuality of the magazine version, fearing the references would alienate readers, but Hammett prevailed. However, the 1941 film adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor (the best known of the novel’s three film versions) excised the homosexual subtext of the novel due to Production Code restraints. Today, the movie is considered a film noir classic and the novel is ranked 56th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century as well as 54th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harpo Speaks Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2778
- Title
- The Maltese Falcon
- Author
- Dashiell Hammett
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Pre 1950;
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About the Seller
Harpo Speaks Books
Biblio member since 2015
Scotia, New York
About Harpo Speaks Books
I've been a book collector for over thirty years. In the past several years I have started to do more online selling.In online sales, I believe there is no such thing as a dumb question, or too much information. Feel free to contact me with any questions, or if you would like more information (including more photos) on any of the items I have listed.
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