Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1967. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Gold Medal d1869; the third novel in Block's humorous mystery-adventure series of the 1960s featuring Evan Tanner, a New York City thief who has lost the ability to sleep. This time Tanner is trying to smuggle a dozen members of the Soviet Union's women's gymnastics team from behind the Iron Curtain; Paperback Original, True First Edition, First Printing; text is clean, tight, very slight spine lean, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing some light creasing, minimal other surface and edgewear. Scarce and collectable.

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Lawrence Block is a four-time winner of the Edgar Award and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He has also won four Shamus Awards, and was the first recipient of the Nero Wolfe Award. He is the author of over 40 books, many of which feature the characters Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder, Chip Harrison, and Evan Tanner. He lives in New York City with his wife Lynne.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002260
Title: TANNER'S TWELVE SWINGERS
Author: Block, Lawrence
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus to Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Place of Publication: Greenwich, CN
Date Published: 1967
Keywords: MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, SPY, EVAN TANNER, VINTAGE PAPERBACK,
Bookseller catalogs: Spy; Vintage Paperback; Humor;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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