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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1984. Small ding and tear near the top of the spine are the only flaws in this very rare and collectible title. Overall a very crisp and clean first Avon Books edition! Extremely scarce and hard-to-find! 158 very clean, unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! Very very rare and out-of-print! "The Wheel of Fortune turned and Parker figured his number had finally come up. an armored car heist had gone sour. His partners were dead or dying. He had escaped with the loot, but holing up in a deserted amusement park with only one exit had turned into a fatal mistake.". First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Allison & Busby, 1984. UK First Edition, First Printing Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Protected in clear Mylar cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions. We are always looking to buy hardcover Mysteries and Thrillers.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corp., 1973. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Berkley Medallion 02355; one of the later novels in Westlake's hardboiled mystery-crime series featuring Parker, the stone-cold, professional holdup man, this time trapped in an amusement park with the loot from an armored car robbery, and both the police and the mob closing in; text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned with a slight spine lean; back cover shows mark from price sticker, and lower corner lightly dogeared; other surface and edgewear minimal; front cover near perfect. A scarce collectable.

First UK edition first printing of the fourteenth novel in the "Parker" series. Made into the 1983 movie of the same name starring Peter Coyote as "Stone." A hit of spine fading to the spine of the dust jacket. In fine / very good condition.

Newport Beach, CA: Books on Tape. VG. (2001). Collector's Ed. 4 1-1/2 hour cassettes (6 hours) An armored car heist has gone sour, his partners were dead or dying, he escaped with the loot . but is holed up in a deserted amusement park with only one exit. Attractive case. .

Allison & Busby, 1984. UK First Edition, First Printing Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed on the Title Page SIGNED. Protected in clear Mylar cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions. We are always looking to buy hardcover Mysteries and Thrillers.

Contents appear as unread & unblemished in wraps displaying no significant surface/edge wea, as shown.
Westlake has also written under the pseudonyms Curt Clark, Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, Samuel Holt, and Richard Stark. The terrifying story of the unlikely trio and the lush million dollar casino they dared to knock off. Stark mystery-thriller featuring Parker, the amoral but somehow admirable holdup man, this time planning the robbery of an offshore casino on a island in the Gulf of Mexico.
"The Wheel of Fortune turned and Parker figured his number had finally come up. an armored car heist had gone sour. His partners were dead or dying. He had escaped with the loot, but holing up in a deserted amusement park with only one exit had turned into a fatal mistake."
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Avon Books. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Random House, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. About fine in price-clipped and modestly age-toned near fine with two creases on the front flap. A nice, presentable copy of an uncommon title.

LONDON: ALLISON & BUSBY.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. 0805281819 . First British edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A Parker mystery. .

Signed by Author(s) 0 Signed directly to Title page by Donald Westlake. First Edition/First Printing published by Alison & Busby, London 1984. Nr Fine clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Dustjacket not price clipped and protected in archive cover. Slight fading to spine.

New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The thirteenth novel in Stark/Westlake's noir crime series featuring Parker, the stone-cold killer and holdup man. Chance once again throws Parker a curve as a carefully planned armored car robbery goes bad and Parker finds himself alone, with the stolen money, hiding in an amusement park closed for the winter as a contingent of local mobsters and crooked cops close in. Boards show a touch of edgewear; front end pages show a glue stain (though such a stain might indicate an ex-library copy, this book has no stamps, card pockets or any other signs of ex libris damage). Text shows several pages lightly wrinkled but not discolored in small area near fore edge as if by a few drops of water, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. No remainder marks. The dustjacket shows light age-tanning while the laminate is almost wholly undamaged. A bit of edgewear, o/w dj has no tears, no creasing… Read More

Signed by Author(s) 0 Signed directly to Title page by Donald Westlake. First Edition/First Printing published by Alison & Busby, London 1984. Nr Fine clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Dustjacket not price clipped and protected in archive cover. Slight fading to spine.

London: Allison & Busby, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 160 pages; VG/VG; red spine with gold and white text; jacket has protective mylar cover, partially removed price sticker on back, price not clipped; boards are strong; textblock has two small marks on back endpaper, otherwise clean; signed by author on title page.; shelved case 6. 1290393. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Random House, [1971]. First edition. A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket. (10372). Octavo, boards. A Parker novel.

New York: Random House [1971], 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [9], 3-183, [1] pp. Green and black patterened paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Rauch. Hubin 766.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardback. BOOK VERY GOOD+/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DONALD WESTLAKE, on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, LOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NOT PRICE CLIPPED -- $4.95 on the flap. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS.

New York: Random House, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in fine, fresh dustwrapper with two tiny creases on the rear flap. A lovely, unread copy of an especially uncommon title.

NY: RANDOM HOUSE.. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394464303 . First edition. SIGNED by Donald E. Westlake on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. A Parker mystery. .