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The Maltese Falcon [Vintage Crime/Black Lizard]

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The Maltese Falcon [Vintage Crime/Black Lizard]

de Hammett, Dashiell

  • Usado
  • near fine
  • Tapa blanda
  • First
Estado
Near Fine
ISBN 10
0679722645
ISBN 13
9780679722649
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New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff b&w pictorial wraps, lettered in green. Very slight shelf wear, slight rear bottom corner crease, nearly as issued, with square, uncreased binding, clean and unmarked interior. 217 pp..

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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Librería
Saucony Book Shop US (US)
Inventario del vendedor #
047183
Título
The Maltese Falcon [Vintage Crime/Black Lizard]
Autor
Hammett, Dashiell
Formato/Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Estado del libro
Usado - Near Fine
Edición
First Thus
ISBN 10
0679722645
ISBN 13
9780679722649
Editorial
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Lugar de publicación
New York
Fecha de publicación
1992
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Fine
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Pictorial Wraps
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Shelf Wear
Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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