Secret Isaac: A novel Tapa dura - 1978

Arbor House, January 1978. Hardcover. USED Good.

Arbor House, 1978-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Minor shelf wear to binding. Bumped top corners. Light wear to edges of text block. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

Arbor House. Hardcover. Interior is excellent/white cover lightly soiled. 8x5x1. good cover

New York. 1978. October 1978. Arbor House. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0877951969. 315 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. keywords: Literature America Cops. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Beginning with BLUE EYES, and continuing with MARILYN THE WILD and THE EDUCATION OF PATRICK SILVER, Jerome Charyn developed a true American original, Isaac Sidel, First Deputy Police Commissioner of New York City - of Big City Anywhere, America, really - a wounded romantic whose heart is ravaged by too much love for his fellow lesser-man, whose guts are on fire with too much rage at the well-placed killers of his City's dreams. Now in SECRET ISAAC Mr. Charyn (about whose most recent novel John Leonard in The New York Times said, ‘It's as if The Sound and the fury had been written by Candide') allows the reader to discover the essential Isaac, the secret Isaac, trailing him from New York City's political halls and lower depths to Dublin's Joycean underworld as he pursues villainy,… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1978. Book. Moderately Edgeworn. Hardcover. First Edition. DJ yellowing along inner edges.

315 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with white lettering to spine over white boards in original jacket. First edition. Beginning with Blue Eyes, and continuing with Marilyn the Wild and The Education of Patrick Silver, Jerome Charyn developed a true American original, Isaac Sidel, First Deputy Police Commissioner of New York City - of Big City Anywhere, America, really - a wounded romantic whose heart is ravaged by too much love for his fellow lesser-man, who guts are on fire with too much rage at the well-packed killers of his City's dreams. In Secret Isaac Charyn allows the reader to discover the essential Isaac, the secret Isaac, trailing him from New York City's political halls and lower depths to Dublin's Joycean underworld as he pursues villainy, true love and terrible revenge, and along the way creates a masterwork. Condition: Previous owner's gift inscription on front end paper. A very good copy in a very good to fine jacket.

New York: Arbor House, 1978. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Very good/good. red cloth spine, papered boards, dust jacket, 315 pp first edition dj worn on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

New York: Arbor House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0877951969 . Signed by Charyn on the front free endpaper. Red cloth spine over white boards. Very little wear to the price-clipped dust jacket. Age toning to the flaps, and a slight crease to the rear flap. A signed sticker to the dust jacket spine. An Isaac Sidel novel. ; 315 pages; Signed by Author .

Arbor House, 1978. Hardcover. Good.

New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.: Arbor House, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dermott McBride was a James Joyce scholar who went on to become overlord of every pimp in Manhattan. Isaac Sidel wanted to break his toes for scarring young prostitute Annie Powell, but first he had to sort out the small matter of a corrupt New York police commissioner. As new, unread, first edition, first printing copy (published 10/78), in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L138