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; pictorial dust jacket, darkened, spine brittle with tape repairs on verso, head of falcon on spine panel possibly supplied, price-clipped (as is all known copies issued to the trade due to late price increase apparently), some chipping to ends of spine panel, short closed tears; discreet bookseller's label to rear pastedown, else contents clean and unmarked. New York: Knopf, 1930