San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1983. First edition thus (one of 400 copies). 4to. ix, (i), 291, 92) pp. Illustrated with a tipped-in portrait of Hammett, folding panoramic view of New York, and photographic reproductions. Publisher's quarter black morocco over grey cloth-covered boards, black morocco onlay of the Maltese Falcon on front and rear board, stamped in red and in silver, spine lettered in silver; all edges trimmed; illustrated endpapers; in original matching grey cloth slip case. Original prospectus laid in.

An as-new copy of Hammett's hardboiled classic, the 11th publication from the Arion Press.