The Maltese Falcon (First Modern Library Edition)
de Dashiell Hammett
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Fair
- Librería
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, 1944. Cloth . Very Good/Fair. 12mo. [5' x 7'] Two-thirds of front DJ flap is torn away. Otherwise edgeworn with some chips and tears, but image is bright with slight rubbing. '281 Outstanding' Modern Library titles listed, though some 15 or thereabout are defaced from being on back of the already described missing chunk of the front flap. Jacket is in black & green ink. The design is the green bird, grey hand and white derringer signed by E. McKK. I have been unable to discern who is the artist. Red cloth boards. Gold lettering, gold tooled borderline and torch-bearer and black rectanglular field. Kent end pages. [267 pages plus seven page list of available Modern Library titles.]
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- A Cappella Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 265380
- Título
- The Maltese Falcon (First Modern Library Edition)
- Autor
- Dashiell Hammett
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Modern Library
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, N.Y.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1944
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A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
