Hard Cover; Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "The Payoff" is in the best tradition of the American detective novel, here transported to the streets of Naples with its time-honored lore of vendetta, venality and earthy humor". Sasa Iovine, is motivated by the size of the payoff promised to him. Remainder mark else, very good++.
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Text: English, Italian (translation)
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Seller: Aaron Books, Whittaker, MI, U.S.A.
A Hard Back. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: MYLAR-COATED. 0060144939 good copy. Seller Inventory # 370796
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. 1st Edition. First printing. A NF copy in a NF dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Book. Seller Inventory # 025010
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. First U.S. Edition, First printing. NEAR FINE IN FINE DJ WITH ORIGINAL $8.95 PRICE. Translated from the Italian by Isabel Quigly. Seller Inventory # 3109
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Stated First U. S. Edition (First Thus) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. The Book Is Bound In Olive Green Paper Over One Quarter Tan Cloth With Green Lettering On The Spine. Rem. Mk. On The Lower Edges. Light Fading To The Upper Board Edges. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Wear With Two Short Tears At The Lower Spine And A Few Tiny Tears. Seller Inventory # 037718
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. Light Wear. Seller Inventory # 30043
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book has slight rub of spine and corners of cover, yellowing of edges of cover, light yellowing of pages, date stamped on bottom foredge, dust jacket has slight fraying of spine and corners of panels, light fading of panels. Seller Inventory # 179297
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0060144939I3N00
Seller: Antiquariat Armebooks, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Befriedigend. 234 Seiten; Ballantine - 1st. 1979 : Attilio Veraldi - tb 89-AY19-Z85O Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500. Seller Inventory # 304199
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Harper & Row, New York, 1978. First U.S. edition. First printing (with full number line including the 1). A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($8.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Light foxing on top edge. Jacket has a light scratch on rear panel and a crease on the front flap (both as pictured), and is otherwise fine. Translated from the Italian by Quigly. This copy of Veraldi's debut novel has been SIGNED and dated in the month of publication (July 1978) on the half-title page by Veraldi to (Simon) Michael Bessie, the famous then-editor at Harper & Row. Bessie edited 8 Nobel Prize winners and was co-founder and president of Atheneum, before returning to Harper in 1975. A beautiful association copy. Adapted into the Italian crime comedy of the same name in 1978, directed by Sergio Corbucci. ASSOCIATION copy. Signed-Fiction. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-3429