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Ventura, CA: John Anthony Miller Studio, 2014. A rendered facsimile dust jacket for the 1930 first edition book of "The Maltese Falcon." The jacket was rendered by artist and rare book seller John Anthony Miller and archival ink and special paper were used. Jacket comes trimmed and enclosed in a Mylar jacket protector, ready to put on the book. There will be an attached signed label on the verso of the jacket signed and stating that this is a facsimile dust jacket. This jacket will also fit the very early printings by Knopf, but the later printings are a bit different from the first isue dust jacket issued in 1930. We can also make this jacket to fit the Grosset and Dunlap edition of the book, just let us know the dimensions. There is no extra charge for this. Thank you, John Anthony Miller, fine artist..

(quarter-bound black leather over blue-gray cloth-covered boards, with the Falcon in black leather (with silver trim and red eye) on both front and rear covers; silver lettering on spine; in slipcase, with no dust jacket, as issued) [a beautiful copy, with both book and slipcase utterly unblemished]. (B&W photographs, endpaper maps) The best edition of Hammett's hard-boiled classic, issued in a printing of 400 copies, each signed on the limitation page by the director of the Arion Press (whose 11th book this was), Andrew Hoyem. Beautifully printed and bound, with the red-eyed Black Bird in leather on both covers, the book is illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs (44 in all, a mixture of vintage and contemporary shots) of the many San Francisco locations that were the setting for the novel, plus a tipped-in frontispiece portrait photo of Hammett and a double fold-out panoramic photo, captioned "Sam Spade's San Francisco: Panoramic view of the city from the bay." All in all a beautiful production -- truly the, uh, stuff that dreams are made of. And what can I say about the book itself, which is as much of an exciting read today as it was when it was originally serialized in the pages of "Black Mask" in late 1929? Let's also give posthumous thanks to John Huston, who just knew -- even though the book had already been the basis for a couple of mediocre movies (in 1931 and 1936, the latter under the ridiculous title SATAN MET A LADY) -- that there was a great film still to be made from it. (And note for the record that nobody has (yet) been stupid enough to try and remake it -- because you can't improve on perfection.) ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; the purchaser will be contacted prior to shipping for confirmation of these charges.**** Signed by Contributor

Nice historical book signed by Hammett, Dashiell. Book on good condition with original Dust Jacket. Book complete and on good condition.Spine in great shape. THE MALTESE FALCON captures many of the key traits of the genre, including a gritty setting (in this case 1920s San Francisco), morally ambiguous characters where no one seems entirely "good, " and an isolated, lone-wolf protagonist who lacks the gentlemanly demeanor of famous antecedents like Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in a series of five issues of THE BLACK MASK beginning September 1929.

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (First Edition) Signed Firm copy with minor bump to corners and rubbing along board edges. Slight fading to spine. Dust jacket has been professionally restored. Price-clipped. In clear protective cover. First printing with publisher's Borzoi hound logo to the publication page, 1930 on both title and publication pages, and no later printings mentioned. Original grey cloth decorated in black and blue with a falcon emblem to the cover. An acknowledged classic and Dashiell Hammett's Most seminal work. housed in black leather spine slipcase, signed by author on front free end page.

First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Dashiell Hammett on a typed letter laid into the book. A spectacular copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the First Issue dustjacket. This ORIGINAL sophisticated dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy in collector's condition SIGNED by the author. We buy Hammett First Editions with the ORIGINAL dustjacket.