Adcock, Thomas — Thrown-Away Child

New York, Pocket Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page. Purchased from a dealer who purchased signed first editions directly from the publisher in bulk for resale and/or who sent copies of titles, also in bulk, to authors for signing, a favor for which he paid. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. This is the Edgar Award-winning author's fifth mystery to feature the N.Y.P.D. Detective Neil Hockaday, though this mystery is set in New Orleans. Bound simply in publisher's original sea-green boards, green cloth-backed, and with sharp and distinct lettering to spine in copper. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. 340 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Fine,