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New York: Pocket Books., 1949 Reprint in mass market paperback. Some minor creasing to the foredge of several pages of text, slightly musty. Binding square and tight, clean and unmarked.

Paperback. Very Good.

Unknown. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

London: Century. 1st printing (1999). 280pp. VG+/VG+ copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1999.

Unknown, 2010-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1949. 1st Printing: August 1949 . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 316 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Damage to top and bottom of spine. Light foxing on page edges.

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

USA: Pocket Books Inc., 1949. Book. Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xiv, 316 [6 ads] pages. "Would you be able to recognize this nimble-witted criminal? How does he operate? Who are his victims? How does he evade the law? What is his status in the underworld? how does he live? You will find the answers to these questions - based solidly upon fact - in this book." - back cover. 3" x 2.5" piece missing from upper corner of front cover. Unmarked with above-average wear. Binding tender but intact. A worthy vintage reading copy of this fascinating work..

Unknown, 2010-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. First Edition stated, Very Good, small tear to cloth at head of spine, spine a bit dulled. 300 pages with a slang glossary pp. 275-296. Basis for the 1970 Academy Award winning film "The Sting" starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman, which won 7 Oscars in all. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. 300 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Fine with a little offsetting to endpapers, contents clean and bright, in an excellent unclipped dust jacket with hardly any sunning, light wear at tips and a little rubbing along spine folds, very Near Fine. An uncommonly attractive, sharp copy of a work often found in rough shape with sunned jackets. The well-written, engaging sociology work about con artists-- emphasis on the "artist"-- that was the basis for the multiple award-winning film The Sting featuring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.