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The Day of the Jackal

Name: The Day of the Jackal
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Author: Forsyth, Frederick

by Forsyth, Frederick

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New York: The Viking Press, 1971. Attractive copy. Author's first book and Edgar Award winner. Red endpapers bright and fresh. Red topstain fresh and bright. Textblock tight and square. No marks of any kind on text, page edges, endpapers etc. Jacket has price intact and has light creasing at base of spine and light wear at head and heel of front fold. Faint rubbing on front panel near spine. In mylar.. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a thriller novel by English writer Frederick Forsyth, about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. The Day of the Jackal is a novel of the spy fiction genre, praised for its convincing portrayal of France in 1963, and its carefully thought-out plot.

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Bookseller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002575
Title: The Day of the Jackal
Author: Forsyth, Frederick
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: The Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1971
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Modern First Editions;

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I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.

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