signed first edition Hardcover
1975 · New York
by GORES, Joe
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Endpapers and page edges lightly foxed, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, very good in a slightly foxed very good dust jacket with a creased tear on the upper panel, and a few other small chips and short tears. Inscribed by the author on a label affixed to the title page; the recipient is Louisiana mystery writer Robert Skinner. Unusual novel featuring Dashiell Hammett as the protagonist, and the basis for a quirky but enjoyable movie, the first American film by Wim Wenders. Scarce.
(Inventory #: 604789)