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EXTREMELY RARE 1934 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET IN FINE CONDITION! PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1934 stated. BOOK AND JACKET IN NEAR NEW BOOKSTORE CONDITION!! The book is bound in red brick balloon cloth type 7 binding with Kent end papers. Book is in FINE CONDITION - binding solid and tight, gilt bright and perfect on cover and spine, matching red top stain bright, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. APPEARS NEW AND UNREAD! The all-important and beautiful dust jacket is in NEAR FINE+ CONDITION. It is bright and clean with an amazing graphic on the cover. 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. Small closed tears on top and bottom spine barely noticeable. 225 titles listed on the back panel indicating a 1934 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER MODERN LIBRARY FIRST EDITIONS. SAFE TO SAY YOU WILL NEVER SEE A NICER COPY ON THE MARKET! This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. **I WILL BE LISTING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
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