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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
by HIGGINS, George V
- Used
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1972. First Edition. First printing. Warmly inscribed on title page: "For Donald McCaig, who proves to be as hugely entertaining at the table as he is on the printed page, With Many Thanks, George V. Higgins." Octavo (22cm). Publisher's olive green cloth, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board; dustjacket; green top-stain; fore-edge untrimmed; 183pp. A trifle shaken; slight sunning to spine, topstain and extremities, spine gilt a bit dulled; a few faint spots of foxing to prelims: Very Good. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap), crisp and bright with no fading to spine panel, Near Fine.
Higgins' acclaimed first book, once called by Elmore Leonard "the best crime novel ever written." Source for the 1973 Peter Yates film, starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle and Richard Jordan. From the library of award-winning Virginia novelist and poet Donald McCaig, with an inscription that prompted the in-office comment "...that's a lot of ink for George Higgins!
Higgins' acclaimed first book, once called by Elmore Leonard "the best crime novel ever written." Source for the 1973 Peter Yates film, starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle and Richard Jordan. From the library of award-winning Virginia novelist and poet Donald McCaig, with an inscription that prompted the in-office comment "...that's a lot of ink for George Higgins!
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81335
- Title
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Author
- HIGGINS, George V
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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