Ross Thomas THE COLD WAR SWAP First edition and similar items

THE COLD WAR SWAP by Ross Thomas New York: William Morrow Company, 1966. First edition, first printing. The usual rubbing wear to the spine edges, tiny careless ink strike to the lower page edges, minor coffee spots to the margins of a few pages, else very good in blue cloth-back over patterned boards; in a near fine dust jacket with modest shelf wear. Original $3.95 price to the front flap. This is the author's debut book--the 1967 winner of the Edgar Award for First Novel. Acknowledged by his peers as one of the masters of his craft. "At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on "business trips." McCorkle, his partner, wisely doesn't ask questions; he knows Padillo has a second job--he's a (reluctant) US agent. But McCorkle is ready to answer a call for help from Padillo, and he joins his friend in a blind journey with no inkling of what they will encounter at the turn of each dark and dangerous corner."--Fantastic Fiction. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!