The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/none
- ISBN 10
- 0679722645
- ISBN 13
- 9780679722649
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
# 6666 The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, published by Knoph Doubleday Publishing Group / Black Lizard Edition (1992), ISBN 9780679722649, 217 pages, 5-1/4 x 8 x 5/8 in. -- Oversized paperback book - very good condition, covers slight minor chipping at edges/corners, spine tight no creasing, pages clean, crisp, unmarked. -- LAX Vespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into--Media Mail USPS-you get the copy pictured - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. 7 Days Coast to Coast, faster if closer -- Maltese Falcon PB 6666 LR Pellegrino RM out The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, published by Knoph Doubleday Pub.(1992), ISBN 9780679722649, 217 pages,..Maltese Falcon PB 6666 Pellegrino rme out
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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- Bookseller
- Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6666
- Title
- The Maltese Falcon
- Author
- Dashiell Hammett
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Vintage Crime Black Lizard Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679722645
- ISBN 13
- 9780679722649
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- August 1992
- Pages
- 217 pages
- Size
- about 5-1/4 x 8 x 5/8 in.
- Keywords
- The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, published by knoph Doubleday Publishing Group (1992), ISBN 9780679722649, 217 pages, about 5-1/4 x 8 x 5/8 in. laxvespa Los Angeles
- Bookseller catalogs
- chakras; Classic; PELLIGRINO RMO out; BLACK LIZARD;
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