Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good. No dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). No stated edition or printing. Book has shelfwear to the edges of the boards and minor toning to the edges of the pageblock. Promotional bookmark laid in. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 348 p. Audience: General/trade. The basis for the miniseries by the same name by the Edgar Award-and MWA Grand Master Award-winning author of 'The New Centurions' and 'The Onion Field'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

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Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Gritty, luminous, and ultimately stunning, this novel is Wambaugh at his best--a tale of a street cop on the hardest beat of his life. Twenty and two. Those are the numbers turning in the mind of William "Bumper" Morgan: twenty years on the job, two days before he "pulls the pin" and walks away from it forever. But on the gritty streets of L.A. , people look at Bumper like some kind of knight in armor--they've plied him with come-ons, hot tips, and the hard respect a man can't earn anywhere else. Now, with a new job and a good woman waiting for him, a kinky thief terrorizing L.A.'s choice hotels, and a tragedy looming, Bumper Morgan is about to face the only thing that can scare him: the demons that he's been hiding behind his bright and shiny badge...

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Bookseller: MostlySignedBooks (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4733
Title: The Blue Knight [SIGNED COPY]
Author: Wambaugh, Joseph
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0316921467
ISBN 13: 9780316921466
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1972
Pages: 348

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