McBain, Ed — Alice in Jeopardy

New York, Simon & Schuster, 2005. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED at title page, an apparent book club edition. Simple black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Lightly creased inner front flap, else bright and shiny, intact and not price-clipped. Another fine novel of the 87th Precinct by Ed McBain, the late Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award-winner and the British Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger-winner of the Matthew Hope series and (as Evan Hunter), the superlative The Blackboard Jungle, from 1954. 292 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Near Fine/Very Good,