Dashiell Hammett-MALTESE FALCON PT. 2 IN BLACK MASK, OCT. 1929-PULP MAGAZINE-VG+

  

THE MALTESE FALCON - PART 2 [IN] BLACK MASK - VOL. Author: Hammett, Dashiell, Caroll John Daly, Erle Stanley Gardner, Horace McCoy, and Raoul Whitfield, et al. (cover art) Title: THE MALTESE FALCON - PART 2 [IN] BLACK MASK - VOL. 1 (OCTOBER, 1929) Publication: London: The Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co.

Description: A well-preserved copy of this issue, featuring Part 2 (of 5) of The Maltese Falcon. A loaded issue besides, with Carroll John Daly's Race Williams novelette The Silver Eagle, Erle Stanley Gardner's Ed Jenkins novelette Straight From the Shoulder, Horace McCoy's story "Hell's Stepsons, " and Raoul Whitfield's "Sal the Dude, " with additional contributions by C. Montayne, Tom Curry, Hartley H. Higher grade copies of all five parts of Maltese Falcon have become increasingly uncommon. Layman C109; Hagemann 626, 974, 1114, 1494, 2421. Quarto (25cm); original pictorial pulp wrappers; 144pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, some trivial dust-soil to wrappers, a few tiny tears to the yapped edges, with a few small nicks and closed tears to spine, costing most of the printed date; still a bright, tight, and straight copy, unrepaired, with the pages still creamy and supple, and the cover unmarred; Very Good+. Subject: Mystery & Detective, Pulps. Captain Ahab's Rare Books pursues fine books in all fields, with a special emphasis in 19th and 20th century literature, manuscripts, association copies, mystery & science fiction. We are proud members of the Virginia Antiquarian Booksellers Association.

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