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Sale 437: Rare Books & Manuscripts: A Private San Francisco Library with Important Angling & Sporting Books (#437) 09/16/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/16/2010 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #5The Maltese Falcon

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$875

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Sale 437: Rare Books & Manuscripts: A Private San Francisco Library with Important Angling & Sporting Books (#437) 09/16/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/16/2010 1:00 PM PDT

Description

Heading:

(Arion Press)

Title:

The Maltese Falcon

Author:

Hammett, Dashiell

Place Published:

San Francisco

Publisher:

The Arion Press

Date Published:

1983

Description:

ix, 291 pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs of San Francisco, most taken in 1928, map endpapers. (4to), black morocco-backed gray cloth with morocco onlays in a falcon design on front, slipcase with morocco label. One of 400 copies.

Superb edition of Hammett's classic mystery, the elegant design and fine printing made vibrant by the inclusion of the striking photographs of San Francisco in 1928, showing the actual locations of the action. The eleventh publication of the Arion Press.

Condition:

Fine.

Item#:

218951

Headline:

Arion Press The Maltese Falcon
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