The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett (Cassell Uniform Edition, 1974)
The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett (Cassell Uniform Edition, 1974)
This Cassell & Company first Uniform Edition (1974) of The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett is of interest to collectors of Dashiell Hammett, hard-boiled crime fiction, and 20th century American detective literature.
About: Very good first Cassell Uniform Edition in the original dust jacket. Jacket retains its striking hot pink colouring with some fading and orange toning to the rear panel; light rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Boards clean and tight. Interior pages show light age-toning to the edges, text clean throughout. A handsome copy of this collectable Hammett edition with its bold Art Deco jacket design.
Details:
- Title: The Maltese Falcon
- Author: Dashiell Hammett
- Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd, London
- Publication Date: 1974
- Edition: First published in this edition 1974 (Cassell Uniform Edition)
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Very Good
- Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Synopsis: First Cassell Uniform Edition, original hot pink Art Deco dust jacket, collectable Hammett title, desirable for bibliophiles and collectors of hard-boiled American crime fiction.
Review: Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon (1930) is the defining novel of the hard-boiled detective genre, introducing San Francisco private eye Sam Spade as he navigates a treacherous web of greed, deception and murder centred on a priceless jewelled statuette. Taut, atmospheric and endlessly influential, it remains one of the great American crime novels and a cornerstone of any serious crime fiction collection.