The New Centurions

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1970). First Edition. Hardcover. [good sound copy, light shelfwear, minor soiling to fore-edge, small pieces of clear tape on both pastedowns and edges of both jacket flaps (from where the jacket was once taped down; now covered with new mylar), Hollywood agency stamp (H.N. Swanson, Inc.) on title page; jacket lightly soiled, with a couple of tiny edge-nicks, a short closed tear at the upper left corner of the front panel, and some fading of the author's name on the spine]. Wambaugh's debut novel, blurbed as a book that "will make you understand -- perhaps for the first time -- what it's really like to be a cop." Basis for the 1972 film of the same name, directed by Richard Fleischer, which starred George C. Scott and Stacy Keach. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.**** .