LaBrava - Elmore Leonard - First Edition First Printing - 1983 - DJ

First edition, first printing. Hardcover in original dust jacket. LaBrava won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1984, and it's widely considered the book where Elmore Leonard fully arrived -- the one that made critics stop hedging and just call him a great American novelist. Leonard himself named it among his favorites. Set in South Miami Beach before the neighborhood became fashionable, it follows Joe LaBrava, ex-Secret Service agent turned street photographer, into a scam involving a faded movie actress, a Cuban hitman, and a confidence scheme that starts to look a lot like one of her old films. The dialogue is perfect. The whole thing runs like a movie you can hear. EDITION: First Edition, First Printing. Copyright page number line reads 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. PUBLISHER: Arbor House Publishing Company, New York, 1983 CONDITION: Book: Very Good. Quarter black cloth spine with gold lettering bright and clean. Red boards tight with minimal shelf wear. Pages clean and sound. Levinson's bookseller sticker to rear pastedown. Dust Jacket: Good. Significant chipping at the head of the DJ spine, with the red boards visible beneath. Minor corner chip to the rear panel. Front panel colors bold and unfaded. Original price of $14.95 intact and unclipped on front flap. The 1984 Edgar Award winner. A first printing of one of the most acclaimed American crime novels of the 20th century. Shipped with care via USPS Media Mail with tracking. …