One day a mysterious woman shows up at Sam Spade's detective office wanting to find her missing sister. What's really at stake, however, is the priceless statuette of the "Maltese falcon," which is lurked by a number of takers. Things are getting more dangerous around Spade, a cynic with a "heart of gold," and dark San Francisco is full of shady types for whom crime is the daily bread....
1st edition, in the cult "With a Key" series.
Iskry, Warsaw 1963
Format: 175 x 130 mm, 222s.
Soiling, scuffing and rubbing of spine.