NMLP P-005686 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1930

US Knopf 1930 is the true first; UK (Cassell, 1930) follows. Hammett-signed firsts are scarce and prized.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005686 for "The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005686, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).