Hammett, Dashiell; Richard Clay and Sons, Bungay, Suffolk, printer — The Maltese Falcon. First Edition in a Deluxe Binding
London: Alfred A. Knopf Limited, 1930. 12mo. 10.5 x 17cm (4¼ x 6¾"),; 280 pp. First U.K. edition with New York and London imprinted on title page. Full goatskin binding with a raised goatskin onlay of the falcon on the front cover and with marbled endpapers by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov.. A custom bound copy of the scarce U.K. first edition of Hammett's classic, which takes place in San Francisco and forms the basis of the 1941 film starring Humphrey Bogart...Reference: Layman A.3.1.a. .