THE MALTESE FALCON (ML# 45.2, SPRING 1939, 262 Titles Listed at Back of Book)

HAMMETT, DASHIELL, Written by (1894-1961), With New Intro by the Author.

Published by New York: Modern Library Edition. Spring 1939, 262 Titles Listed at Back of Book.

About this Item

SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK is covered in DARK BLUE BALLOON Cloth (scan shows lighter blue); Spine #7; Large gold torchbearer on front; Kent endpapers; blue topstain; faded spine and star stamped on back endpaper. 262 Titles are listed on the back pages, per Toledano: Has Stone's Lust for Life, NOT Odets' Six Plays, making this book SPRING, 1939. HAMMETT was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon; Nick and Nora Charles, The Thin Man; and the Continental Op. Red Harvest and The Dain Curse.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE MALTESE FALCON (ML# 45.2, SPRING 1939, 262 Titles Listed at Back of Book)
• Publisher: New York: Modern Library Edition. Spring 1939, 262 Titles Listed at Back of Book.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Library Edition