NY, 1930 Published by ALFRED A. KNOPF Edition: FIRST ED Binding: HARD BACK GREY Size: 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 267 Pages Overall Condition is: FAIR New York Alfred A. Knopf London on title page, first printing, covers and spine badly stained, spine chipped at top/bottom and corners of boards, pages browned, some page corners missing. The first Sam Spade book. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books.