The Paper Albatross by Croft-Cooke, Rupert - 1965

Belmont, 1971. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

London: Thriller Book Club, 1965. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 238 pages, with a bright dust jacket with a touch of edgewear. Small red mark on front leaf otherwise very good. Record # 402792

London: The Thriller Book Club, 1965. 1st Edition thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Black-stamped red bds. No names, clean text. Very attr. lightly worn dust jacket: man hiding cash under floorboards. 13,121 shelf

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1968. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Croft-Cooke's story of Max Toner, a robber who has helped pull off the "big score" and who is desparately guarding his suitcase full of money which has now become a dangerous burden that must be hidden and protected from both friends and enemies; text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket is worn, chipped along edges with a faint circular stain and 1 1/2" closed tear on front panel. Hard To Find.

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.

Aberland-Schuman. Hardcover. Good. Good condition. Missing dust jacket. Clean inside.

London: Thriller Book Club, 1965. 238pp. First Thriller Club edition. pictorial d.j.. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Thriller Book Club. Rubbed edges to boards, faded spine. . Good. Hardcover. 1965.

New York: Abeland-Schuman, 1968. First American edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American Edition. A very good book in a good dust jacket. Jacket has moderate wear and a few small tears. Nice! Sec 61D

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.