Why Me de Westlake, Donald E - 1983

NY: Viking Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good/Not Indicated. Hardcover First Edition 2nd Printing Book Is Collectible Very Good / Jacket Is Not Indicated clean and bright pages, nice, tight binding, possibly circulated little, X School library book. No shelf or corner wear, Buyer Satisfaction 100% Guaranteed

New York: The Viking Press, 1983. 2nd Printing Jan. 1983 . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 191 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dj shows wear in some places. Other than light shelfwear the book is in fine, unblemished, unread condition [hint of age-toning to cloth top edge]. Dust jacket shows minor cuts and tears (retaped) on edges, otherweise fully intact. No remainder markings. Quite scarce in this condition. Prolific American writer, master of caper-comedies and hard-boiled crime stories. Westlake has also written under the pseudonyms Curt Clark, Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, Samuel Holt, and Richard Stark. Westlake's career has spanned over 40 years. Chance plays a big role in Westlake's world, already in his early fiction, but more especially in his comedy crime novels. Life is unpredictable but Westlake's characters believe they can control it. They take calculated… Leer más

Minimal library distinctions, pocket removed else, contents appear as unblemished in fine brown/white boards with like poly protected DJ & cover. Excellent copy of extremely scarce copy of one of Westlake's early Dortmunder novels
John A. Dortmunder, trying to earn a modest living at his chosen profession, has unsuspectingly lifted the hottest rock in town from a little jewelry store in South Ozone Park. "Why me" he wonders. The Byzantine Fire: 90 carats of flawless ruby with great national and religious significance. It's the biggest heist of Dortmunder's career, making him the target of everyone from the FBI to the Turkish government. Now Dortmunder has to find a way to unsteal the heist of a lifetime. . . .
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New York: Viking Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardback. 0670765694 . Originally priced at $13.50/signed by author/black HB with gold lettering on white spine with illustrated jacket in mylar; 8 vo; 191 pages .

Brand: Viking Adult, 1983-02-04. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Viking Adult, 1983-02-04. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!