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Item Details

Description

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Author: Thomas, Ross
Title: The Cold War Swap
Place Published: New York
Publisher:William Morrow
Date Published: 1966
Description:

222 pp. Duotone cloth, jacket. First Edition. ;

First issue jacket, lacking the Dorothy Hughes blurb. The author's first novel.

Condition

Light edgewear to jacket, a few minuscule chips and tears with a few small creases, two stickers on jacket; mild sunning to edges, a few scuffs; leaves slightly toned; about near fine.

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Ross Thomas's first novel

Name: Ross Thomas's first novel
SKU: 75997304
Price: 100 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $200 - $300

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