The Maltese Falconby Dashiell Hammett

Dimensions: 5.5″ × 3.8125″

The 2025 Winter Release, the “1943” Edition, pays tribute to the Armed Services Editions—one of the most ambitious cultural initiatives in U.S. history. Designed to be lightweight, affordable, and portable, these books were distributed to troops during World War II, with more than 120 million copies printed between 1943 and 1947. Widely read and traded among servicemen, they became an essential part of life overseas.

Inspired by this legacy, the release introduces the first new Armed Services Edition since the program ended in 1947: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, published in its original serialized form from Black Mask magazine under the Field Notes Brand Books imprint.