Paper Albatross
by Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903-1979)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
238 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine in original illustrated wrappers. First American edition. First published in England in 1965. After years of dreaming, it has really happened. The big job has been pulled off and Max Toner has got away safe with his share of the money. But, ironically, the suitcase doesn't mean riches. It is something to be protected and hidden, something that just now means only danger. While the unt is on he dare not spend the money. The book follows Max's twists and turns as he tries to keep his secret hidden. It is tries to keep his secret hidden. It is more than an exciting story; it is a reconstruction of how a man lives, how his mind works, at such a time. Condition: Points gently bumped else very good in a near fine jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1143
- Title
- Paper Albatross
- Author
- Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903-1979)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Abelard-Schuman
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 238 pages
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...