HAMMETT, DASHIELL. The Maltese Falcon. 8vo, original grey cloth, front cover with falcon design in blue, rear cover with Borzoi imprint, spine blocked in black and blue design, inconspicuous dampstain to lower corner of front cover, one tiny stain at extreme lower corner of back cover; first issue pictorial dust jacket, two tape mends on verso repairing 1-inch tear to top of front panel and chip at spine panel foot, few short closed tears, spine and back panels lightly toned, light rubbing to folds, price-clipped (as is all known copies issued to the trade due to late price increase apparently); ownership inscription on early blank, otherwise contents clean; LMS bookplate laid-in; preserved in custom drop-back case. New York: Knopf, 1930